Kings Oxford is a modern independent college for ambitious students looking for a mature yet supportive learning environment and community in which they can express their own identity, explore their interests and achieve their ambitions. The college supports students to become responsible and independent learners, based on a mutual respect between staff and students.
“This is a good school” Ofsted 2019.
The college has three campuses. The specialist Art Department is located in King Edward Street in the city centre. This campus is the home of Kings Art and Design programme, which prepares students for entrance to specialist degrees in the creative arts. Further details are provided in the separate profile below.
St Josephs, located to the South East of the city, provides academic programmes including GCSEs and A-Levels and is also the administrative hub for the college. Further details are provided in the separate profile here.
English Language and Summer School Programmes are delivered at the St Michaels campus, which is located in the city centre. Further details are provided in the separate profile here.
Kings Oxford takes a personalised approach and offers individual visits and consultations throughout the year. Contact Kings to arrange an individual consultation and find out how we could help you to Reach Higher.
Kings School of Art + Design
Kings students benefit from specialised pathways in the field of Art and Design and specialist facilities which help them thrive and advance. Students are supported to explore a wide range of influences, mediums and creative practice and are supported by professional teachers to decide on their future area of specialism.
Students of Art & Design benefit from a wide range of specialist facilities and resources which ensure they can experiment with and explore their creative capacity. This includes their own dedicated workspace with extended access, allowing them to fully develop their ideas using whatever materials and forms they like, at hours not confined to class times.
The Art Department is located in the city centre with a newly renovated campus designed specifically to create a stimulating environment in which students can explore creative practice.
Specialist facilities include:
- Fully-equipped art studios
- Photography studio with backdrops and camera equipment
- Mac computers with Adobe Creative Suite
- Sewing machines and fashion mannequins
- Printing press
- Screen printing facilities
- Dedicated exhibition area
- Student lounge area
- Free wireless internet
All Kings Art and Design students also have full access to the facilities, support services, extra-curricular, enrichment and social activities provided at Kings St Josephs campus.
The high teacher to student ratio across all Kings programmes means that every student’s learning is carefully tailored and monitored to ensure the greatest possible success. Within the art department in particular, the wealth and variety of expertise among our staff means that students are guaranteed the specialist support they need to reach their specific goals for university and beyond.
Programmes are taught expert teaching staff, who are experienced in, and passionate about their specialist areas, who maintain and advance their creative professions alongside their teaching commitments at Kings. For example, Art teacher Rosie Fairfox-Cholmeley, is a professional illustrator, printmaker and bookbinder whose work can be seen at exhibitions and in numerous publications, she is also Artist-in-Residence of Oxford University at Wytham Woods.
Kings open the art studio as far as possible to the wider artistic world, offering many opportunities, on many levels, for students to become stimulated, curious and engaged in art. This includes participating in regular art excursions, which offer students the chance to learn new skills, explore art venues, experience other artists’ creative work and gain inspiration for their own creative practice.
The Kings Art & Design UAL Level 3 and 4 Foundation Diploma is specifically designed to provide the core skills required for all art related degrees, before enabling students to focus on a particular specialism in preparation for university. The Foundation also provides an excellent basis for the preparation of a portfolio on which applicants are assessed for university entry. Students who complete this programme will progress directly to Year 1 of their university degree.
The school provides a wide range of extra-curricular and enrichment activities which open the art to the wider artistic world, offering many opportunities, on many levels, for students to become stimulated, curious and engaged in art and provide opportunities to both enhance university applications and to explore wider interests, activities and support personal development. Opportunities include a wide range of clubs, societies and activities; Kings art and design students participate in regular art excursions, locally and nationally, to develop their appreciation of art and design, provide inspiration for their creative work and to understand the possibilities for further study and artistic practice.
All Kings students are supported by a Personal Tutor. Their role is to oversee all aspects of students learning, development and welfare. Subject and Course Heads and specialist UCAS advisors provide further advice, support and guidance, working to ensure students achieve their full potential and take full advantage of the opportunities available to them within the college, the local community and in their progression to leading universities and specialist institutions for creative arts.
“All students receive high-quality careers advice to enable them to make informed choices about their futures. Students are extremely well prepared for the next stage of their education and achieve the qualifications necessary to pursue appropriate university degrees. The very large majority of students proceed to good universities following highly regarded courses such as accounting, art, business and engineering as well as medical and veterinary sciences.” Ofsted 2019.
Boarding students
Kings provide a range of options for students who wish to board. Student residences offer modern, well-equipped single en-suite rooms, with comfortable communal areas. Residences are fully supervised. Other options include host families and student houses are available for more independent students.
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Kings Oxford
St Josephs, Temple Road, Oxford, OX4 2UJ
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