Community Links & Charities

The Manor encourages pupils to play a positive role in contributing to the life of the school and the wider community and, as a school, we actively seek links with the local community.

We make our facilities available to the local community for children’s parties, meetings, music, sport and the arts.  We also donate a Christmas tree to the local church.

The School supports work experience with boys and girls from local independent schools and from schools in the maintained sector and encourages children participating in Duke of Edinburgh schemes to carry out activities on its premises.

Local Shippon residents have access to the School’s tennis courts, free of charge, at evenings, week-ends and during school holidays. We also invite them to Grandparents’ Afternoons (hosted by Pre-Prep children) and to the School Fete and nativity plays.

The School arranges matches with schools both in its own sector and the maintained sector. We hold Oxfordshire Mini Tennis Accreditation and host an annual tournament which is open to anyone in the County.

Charitable giving

We aim to foster the ‘culture’ of giving amongst pupils, to encourage groups and individual participation amongst pupils (and staff!) in fundraising events and to provide continuity of fundraising, resulting in an ongoing educational benefit and links to a specific project/charity.

By supporting some 20 charities each year, and raising the sum of £14,031 during the academic year 2008/2009, the School’s ethos is firmly linked to giving.