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of England controlled school. Oundle and
Kings Cliffe Middle school educates pupils
from 9 to 13 years. The Oundle site moved to new buildings on the Cotterstock Road in 1980. Prince William School and Sixth Form Centre in Herne Road was opened in 1971, taking students from 13 to 18 years old from as far afield as Easton in the north and from villages to the south of Thrapston. The school is named in memory of HRH Prince William of Gloucester, who lived nearby at Barnwell until he was sadly killed in a flying accident.
Oundle School is an independent school,
a foundation of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. It developed from Sir William Laxton’s benefaction of 1556 which gave rise to Laxton
Grammar School for boys of 11-18. Most of
the teaching facilities and boarding houses are in the centre of the town, so that Oundle has
a distinct atmosphere in term time. Access to some of the extensive sporting facilities, such as the swimming pool is available through sports clubs. Laxton Junior School for pupils up to 11 moved to new premises on East Road in 2002.
Oundle is scarcely an industrial town, but it does have Fairline Boats factory, just out of town. Surprisingly for a town so far from the sea this is home to one of the country’s largest builders of pleasure cruisers.