St Nicholas Church of England School in Wallingford has been listed as ‘price on asking’ with the site expected to become vacant in September.

The 1.9-acre area has operated as a school since 1962 when planning permission for the buildings and its dedicated access road was granted.

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In 1969 consent was also secured for a proposed nursery school on the southern part of the grounds – now the existing grassed play area – which was never constructed.

However early-years provision was later incorporated within the 170-pupil school itself and, from September, it will be teaching reception, year one, year two and year three pupils.

The site of St Nicholas Church of England School in Wallingford has been put up for sale (Image: CBRE)

In the future the organisation – which cites its ‘Christian ethos’ on its website – will also accept kids up to year six as it moves to a larger site on the Highcroft housing development.

A statement on the school’s website said: “We will be moving to a brand new school site on the Highcroft housing development and are scheduled to open in September 2026. 

“The move will enable us to extend our age range, and we will grow to become a full primary school for the Wallingford community.”

The site of St Nicholas Church of England School in Wallingford has been put up for sale (Image: CBRE)

Since 1969 the existing building on St Nicholas Road has seen only minor, school-related planning activity, including permissions for temporary classroom buildings and lightweight canopy structures.

The listing states: “Importantly, no major redevelopment proposals have been brought forward, leaving the site largely unchanged and offering a rare opportunity for a fresh vision to be realised.

“The existing school buildings extend to approximately 1,200 sq m (12,917 sq ft) of single-storey accommodation (including canopy areas).

St Nicholas CE Infant School pupils pose at the ground-breaking ceremony (Image: Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust)

“The layout provides a well-balanced mix of classroom, administrative and support spaces, making the site highly adaptable for a range of future uses.”

The Highcroft housing development is being built near Wantage Road by property developers Berkeley.

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It will contain 555 homes and last year there was a ground-breaking ceremony for the school which saw demonstrations for pupils about the construction process.

Headteacher of St Nicholas, Amy King, said at the time: “It’s fantastic for the children to have the opportunity to visit the site and to see our new school being built.”

She added: “The plan for the new school has been in development for a long time and so it’s really exciting to see it start to take shape and to have had so much involvement in planning what it will offer the children.”

The Six Bells in Mill Street has submitted plans to Cherwell District Council to install two illuminated signs to the front of its pub and three to an existing post near the entrance.

It also plans to change the render from cream to green and the colour of its windows from white to cream.

The largest sign, 1.6m long and 1.3m high, would be on the front of the building facing the street. It depicts a set of six free cut bells which will be illuminated by two 30 watt LED flood lights.

An amenity sign, which is 1.1m high and 0.7m in length, would be fixed to the bottom left of the façade. This will be replicated on both sides at the bottom of an existing post.

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On the same post a 1.1m high and 0.8m long sign which shows the set of free cut bells and the pub name, will be fixed to a bracket from the top, which is illuminated from the top by two electric lights.

The keys to the Six Bells were handed to new landlords Nigel Worth and his partner Claire Brewis in October 2025 after being closed for just two days.

The planning authority is expected to make a decision by June 4.

The controversial former cabinet member for transport management oversaw the introduction of the heavily debated zero-emission zones and the temporary Oxford congestion charge, set to become traffic filters in August when the Botley Road reopens.

Mr Gant has been hit with personal attacks on social media throughout his time in office, including upon his departure.

These have been criticised even by those who do not necessarily align with him politically, with county councillor Andrew Coles (Labour) calling out a “nasty and negative video” shared by a local political party after Mr Gant’s leaving announcement.

Mr Gant, who remains a Liberal Democrat county and city councillor, said the “abuse” was “not reasonable in a democracy”, adding “it’s unpleasant, it’s unnecessary, it’s unhelpful and I wish it didn’t happen”.

He said: “You have to develop strategies as an individual, and mine is just not to read them.

“I don’t engage with social media at all, I just don’t, that’s been my strategy – and it’s worked.”

Councillor Andrew Gant (Image: Esme Kenney)

He stated that the personal hate “makes no contribution of any kind to the policy” adding, “if those people think that they’re somehow affecting the debate, they’re not”.

Asked if this had an impact on his choice to step away from the role, he said it had, explaining, “it’s a very demanding role for all sorts of reasons, and that is one of the things that makes it demanding, so yes, in a word”.

Mr Gant also thinks the issue of online abuse is getting worse, but it was not the only difficulty he faced in the job.

He called the situation with the ongoing closure of Botley Road for the train station project “a total headache,” saying Network Rail and the minister for transport had “taken on the chin that that was their fault”.

Roadworks in Botley Road (Image: Network Rail)

He said working with central government was the hardest thing he had to deal with, referencing confusion and uncertainty with local government reorganisation as an example.

On the flipside, Mr Gant’s highlight is “seeing the electric buses on our streets”.

Mr Gant believes “they’re a wonderful addition”, but noted that he does not think they could have happened without the congestion charge.

He said: “There are too many demands on Oxford roads, there’s too much traffic on Oxford roads.

“There was before the congestion charge, and there is now and, the county council needs to continue to work on that in a huge variety of different ways, but the benefits that it has brought are significant and will stay, and that’s right.”

He said he has no regrets about the charge, noting that it was not designed “to solve everything”.