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The Oratory School

UK school established in Edgbaston in 1859 and relocated to Caversham and Woodcote, Oxfordshire
Organization boarding_school Q7755270

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
boarding school, Catholic school, independent school, boys' school[4][5][6]
Religion or worldview
Roman Catholic[1]
Inception
1859, 1951[10][11]
Founder
John Henry Newman[7]
Country
United Kingdom[3]
Official website
www.oratory.co.uk[13]
Location
Woodcote, Edgbaston, Caversham[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.532°, -1.058°, 🗺️ 52.472°, -1.929°
Historic county
Oxfordshire[16]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Woodcote[2]
OS grid reference
SU6541081891[12]
Phone number
+44-1491-683500[14]
Postal code
RG8 0PJ[9]
Street address
The Oratory School, Woodcote, Nr Reading, Oxfordshire, RG8 0PJ[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Oratory School fr école de l'Oratoire he בית הספר לתורת הנאומים ru Ораторская школа zh 礼拜堂学校 zh-hant 禮拜堂學校
🔖 Identifiers · 10
ISNI
0000000406202332
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
The Oratory School, main building - geograph.org.uk - 1005597.jpg ↗
Companies House company ID
00259021, 04202580
DfE URN
123282
Freebase ID
/m/06vwsr
OpenCorporates ID
gb/04202580, gb/00259021
OpenStreetMap way ID
392935907
Quora topic ID
The-Oratory-School
SNARC ID
Simon Lappin
UK Provider Reference Number
10013992

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  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Peter James · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Religion or worldview → Roman Catholic
    DfE URN → 123282
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.5322, 'lon': -1.05841}, {'lat': 52.472, 'lon': -1.9291}
    British Listed Buildings ID → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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