St Clare's, Oxford

St Clare's is a coeducational private, international day and boarding college in North Oxford, England offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma, a Preparatory IB programme, English language courses, University Pathways, Gap Year study and IB teacher training workshops.

In the spring and summer months, adults, teenagers and juniors can study English language courses on three separate sites.

[2] The school was founded in 1952 by Anne Dreydel OBE and Pamela Morris, and grew out of a scheme to establish links between British and European students after the Second World War.

Since 1953 the College grew to encompass a wide range of nationalities and programmes, both at university and pre-university level and in English Language.

Formal agreements by which American university students could gain credit towards their US degrees by studying abroad at St Clare's started up in the 1970s.

[citation needed] From its original base on 141 Banbury Road, the College grew to allow more teaching space and a wider range of subject choices.

In 1999, the College bought the Oxford Academy English Language School in Bardwell Road, which became the centre for all adult courses.

St Clare's is located in the North Oxford Conservation Area on two sites – the Banbury Road Campus (No.

In the most recent Ofsted inspection of the IB World School, St Clare's was awarded "outstanding", the highest rating, for the quality of its boarding.