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Year 5/6 Girls’ Football: ESFA Oxfordshire Final (Thursday 22nd January)

On Thursday we travelled to the Oxford Academy, looking to become the first girls’ team in our school’s history to qualify for the South West Regional Finals in Bristol. We began with a match against Charlbury, who had qualified from the West Oxfordshire district. Although we dominated the game and created chance after chance, the […]

Year 5/6 Boys’ ESFA Football Tournament (Thursday 4th December)

This week the football season began for our Year 5 and 6 boys with a tournament at Moulsford Prep School. Last year, we qualified in second place before going on to win the Oxfordshire Final and compete in the South West Regional Finals, and were hoping for a similar experience this time. Our opening match […]

Year 5/6 Girls’ ESFA Football Tournament (Thursday 27th November)

On Thursday our Y5/6 girls travelled to Moulsford Prep School for our first tournament of the year. This tournament was a springboard for our success last year, and we were keen to use it for the same purpose again. We opened with a match against All Saints of Didcot. Playing downhill, the girls dominated the […]

Schools’ cross country competition

We took a large team of runners to Rotherfield Football Club ground on Tuesday 18th November for a schools’ cross-country competition. There were around 70+ runners in each race and ours did brilliantly: great resilience and good sportsmanship made us very proud! ResultsL Year 5/6 Girls: Saule B 8th, Isabella De S 12th, Lili F […]

Autumn Term cross country updates

Cross Country 8th November 2025 On Saturday 8th November a team of runners attended the cross country races at MECE. They represented the school brilliantly, showing great determination and sportsmanship. Well done to all. Kites: Harriet S 4th (running in the Y1 race!) Year 1: Thomas G 7th Year 2: Isaac C 1st Year 3: […]

Year 3/4 Rounders Tournament

Miss Green and Coach Joe had the privilege of accompanying a mixed team of Year 3 and 4 pupils to Peppard Common for the annual rounders tournament—and they weren’t alone! A huge thank you goes to our band of loyal, supportive parents who cheered us on all afternoon and helped create such a positive atmosphere. […]

KS2 Quad Kids: Oxfordshire County Final

On Friday our ‘A’ teams from both Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 travelled to Tilsley Park in Abingdon to compete in the Oxfordshire County Final of the annual Quad Kids competition. After several weather-related postponements prevented the South Oxfordshire Final from going ahead, the children were keen to return to their outdoor athletics season and […]

Year 5/6 Cricket Tournament

Last Friday, 24 Year 6 members of the school’s cricket club travelled to sunny Shiplake College for their annual cricket festival. It was wonderful to see so many teams competing this year, with 11 schools providing 18 teams. SCPS supplied 3 teams – named the Cougars, the Swans and the Caracals – and everyone performed […]

Y5/6 Girls’ Football: Oxfordshire Football Festival Final

On Thursday our Y5/6 Girls’ football team travelled to Court Place Farm, the home of National League North side Oxford City FC, to compete in the Oxfordshire Football Festival Finals. We had earned our place in the competition through winning the South Oxfordshire Finals earlier in the term. To begin with, each team was drawn […]

KS2 Quad Kids Local Round

On Tuesday we took our ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams from Year 3/4 and 5/6 to MECE for the first round of the annual Quad Kids competition. We were hoping to take our winning momentum from the indoor athletics earlier in the year into the outdoor season. After the usual combination of sprinting, distance running, throwing […]