The students, from the Falkland Islands Community School, are settling into life at Burford School, one of the oldest schools in the country.

Staff have praised the ‘excellent first impression’ they have made so far, noting how quickly the group has unpacked and familiarised themselves with the routines of the boarding house.

The school noted: “The buildings and setting have made a particularly strong impression.

“The Year 10 arts students wish to express our sincere gratitude to the individuals and companies whose generous sponsorship and support made this opportunity possible.”

Burford School, founded in 1571 by the townsmen of Burford with merchant Simon Wysdom at their helm, initially offered an education to the sons of the ordinary men of Burford, charging four pence for enrolment and a further eight pence for schooling per year.

The school began taking girls in 1924, thanks to the generosity of Elmslie John Horniman, and has now grown to just over 1,500 students.

Today, its community includes 100 boarders from the surrounding region and abroad.

Although the school no longer operates its once-successful farm, it continues to maintain a ‘strong rural feel’.

More than 450 years after its founding, Burford School remains, in its own words, ‘popular and successful’.

Both staff and students said they are ‘immensely proud’ to be part of Burford School.

The scheme, proposed by Admiral Homes for a site behind Cinnaminta Road in Oxford, is part of the city council’s £32m plan to increase its stock of housing for homeless families.

Oxford City Council is aiming to deliver up to 260 additional homes for people who need temporary accommodation over the next four years.

The plans have received no public comments in support or objection. 

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The planning statement, submitted in support of the proposal, said: “Temporary accommodation, such as herein proposed, supports people who would otherwise be homeless, and can happen for a range of reasons eg. including rising rents and relationship breakdowns.

“In light of all of the foregoing, that weighs heavily together in support of the proposal, then it is very much hoped that the proposal, as submitted, can be straightforwardly supported.”

If approved, the flats would become part of the council’s programme to take people out of hotel and B&B placements.

As of 2023, Oxford City Council had only 100 homes for temporary accommodation but plans to raise this number to 560 by 2029, including 100 homes already due to be delivered by 2026.

The council is currently housing more than 300 households in temporary accommodation, including about 145 in hotels and B&Bs.

They have posted plenty of pictures of village churches, carnivals and thatched cottages.

Farmland and tractors were also featured, together with wildlife and other country scenes.

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It was difficult to select one village image as the photo of the week but in the end we selected Stephen Pimm’s delightful capture of the batsman at the crease, with the wicket keeper watching closely.

It’s a perfect pastoral scene and a superb action shot, showing bat and ball.

Each week, camera club members are given a theme and then post their photos on the club’s Facebook page.

A selection of images are featured in the Oxford Mail and The Oxford Times and one photo is chosen as the photo of the week.

The next theme is ‘sunrise/sunset’.