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The Oratory School
Woodcote, Reading, RG8 0PJ
Independent school for ages 11–18 in Reading. Mixed intake, Roman Catholic.
The Oratory School is a Roman Catholic independent school in Oxfordshire for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It is registered as a boarding school and has a sixth form.
Its ISI inspection in February 2025 found the relevant standards and safeguarding standards met.
The school uses the phrase be you, become more, and describes an education shaped by wholeness and kindness as well as academic study. It presents itself as a community concerned with becoming fully human as well as fully qualified.
Ages 11–18 · Secondary age
337 pupils · On roll
Independent school · Mixed