Accommodation

The school’s boarding capacity is 130 pupils. They are accommodated in one of three houses in rooms of varying sizes – see below. Each house is overseen by a residential houseparent, together with a team of qualified staff. Students are given their own internet account when they join the school and have access to internet facilities. All houses have wireless internet access installed.

Guinevere House

The girls' boarding house, Guinevere House, is modern and well appointed. The bedrooms for girls in Years 8–11 have three or four beds in each room together with ample storage facilities for clothes and personal items. There is a common room with satellite television, Wii and music facilities, as well as a kitchen where supper is prepared for the girls each evening. There is also another common room with computer facilities, internet access and printers.

In the Sixth Form annex, which is attached to the main building by a small corridor, the rooms are designed for two to share. The rooms are a good size and each girl has her own study desk. There are eight double rooms in the Sixth Form annex, four on each floor. Each floor has its own bathroom facilities and there is a separate kitchen should the girls wish to prepare any food themselves. There is also a small common room. The annex is reserved solely for the Sixth Form students.

School House

Boys up to Year 11 are accommodated in School House, the original school building on the present site, dating from 1776. This accommodation has recently been refurbished. Year 11 and 10 boys are now  accommodated in separate rooms of two or four, each with ample storage facilities for clothes and personal items. Younger boys appear to prefer the more open dormitory type of accommodation.

School House has a common room/television lounge with satellite television, DVD, Xbox, Wii and music facilities. There is a games room with a pool table and a good supply of books, newspapers and games.  In the prep room each boy has his own desk area where he does his homework after school and can keep his books. There is a newly refurbished kitchen where supper is prepared for the boys each evening. The older boys also have their own common room equipped with an air-hockey table. The School House office has two computers which the boys may use at any time. They also have access to the computer and internet facilities in the school’s library and computer suite.

Holbache House

Opened in January 2006, our new Sixth Form boys’ boarding house, Holbache House is home to 35 boys and offers excellent facilities. Most rooms are designed for two to share but there are also some single bedrooms. Each of the rooms has a washbasin, desks, as well as ample storage. There are kitchen facilities where the students may prepare their own food and a spacious common room/television lounge with satellite television, DVD and music facilities.

The international community at Oswestry School provides a welcome diversity to the life of the school. Our aim is to keep a balance of international boarders, so that no single nationality dominates.