'Undersized' Oxfordshire school set for £9.5M expansion and new nursery

• An "undersized" Oxfordshire school is set to receive a £9.5 million expansion to create spaces for 105 new students.

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Oxford Mailtoday Ellison Institute's 'critical' £1 billion Oxford Science Park plan approved • An updated version of a £1 billion scheme to deliver a base for the Larry Ellison Institute in Oxford has been given the go ahead.

Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester)today £255,000 fund to help Oxfordshire schools go fully phone-free • Secondary schools across Oxfordshire are set to benefit from a share of £255,000 in new funding aimed at helping them become fully mobile phone free.

Experience Oxfordshiretoday Take part in the FREE Hatter's Hunt at Westgate Oxford • Find the hidden plaques and claim your prize! • There are five mysterious plaques hidden around Westgate. • On this Alice in Wonderland themed trail designed by The Story Museum, you have to go down rabbit holes and solve the riddles to claim your prize!

Oxford Mailtoday Bride and groom 'hospitalised' in Cotswolds pub's Land Rover crash • A bride and groom were reportedly "hospitalised" in a Land Rover crash heading to an award-winning Cotswolds pub from their wedding.

Oxford Mailtoday No reopening date for UK children's hospice building after fire • A fire at a children’s hospice in Oxford has forced the charity to temporarily close its main building, with no reopening date set.

Witney Gazette - News (Witney, West Oxfordshire)today James May's pub wins UK award ahead of Jeremy Clarkson's • James May's pub in Wiltshire has won an award before the Oxfordshire pub of his former Top Gear and Grand Tour co-star, Jeremy Clarkson.

Witney Gazette - News (Witney, West Oxfordshire)today Update as Oxfordshire council uses technology to combat environmental crime • West Oxfordshire District Council has made a new announcement on environmental crime as it uses technology to combat the activity.

Experience Oxfordshiretoday Colonial Views of India: Photographs by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey • This is the first exhibition to focus on photographs and negatives in the Ashmolean, and as such features previously unseen photographs of India by Colonel Eugene Clutterbuck Impey (1830–1904). • A member of the East India Company, Impey arrived in India in 1851 and took part in military actions during the Indian Uprising of 1857. • After the British Crown took control in 1858 following the Uprising, he worked as a political agent until returning to Britain in 1878.

Experience Oxfordshiretoday Pat Suet-Bik Hui and the Three Perfections: Poetry, Calligraphy, Painting • Pat Suet-Bik Hui 許雪碧 (b. • 1943) is a US-based Hong Kong artist. • This exhibition showcases her work alongside others who engage with the tradition of the ‘three perfections’ 三絕, which brings together the three art forms of poetry, calligraphy, and painting.

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Wed 1 Jul · The Ruskin School of Art · AllEvents OxfordRuskin Undergraduate Open Days 2026

Mon 29 Jun · New Theatre Oxford · AllEvents OxfordWaitress Live at New Theatre Oxford

Sat 27 Jun · Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · Experience OxfordshireC.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien Tour

Sat 27 Jun · Experience OxfordshireWeber Barbecue School Cookery Courses 2026 at Webbs, Millets Farm

Sat 27 Jun · Experience OxfordshireAphasia support group

Sat 27 Jun · Experience OxfordshireArts and Crafts 2026 at the West Ox Arts Gallery in Bampton

Sat 27 Jun · Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street,, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2PH, United Kingdom · Experience OxfordshireAshmolean NOW: Soma Surovi Jannat

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Folly Bridge, carrying the Abingdon Road over the Thames, was built in 1825-27 and stands where oxen once forded the Isis, giving the city its name.

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