Private college with £30k fees in administration amid High Court order

Touchload Limited, the company behind Kings Oxford, was put into administration earlier this month under case number CR‑2026‑001318.

A formal notice records that joint administrators were appointed on Thursday, April 9, after the High Court order.

Kings Oxford is an independent, fee‑paying college offering GCSEs, A‑levels, foundation programmes and English language courses.

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Kings Oxford on Temple Road. (Image: Street View)

It teaches both UK and international students and provides day and boarding places.

The college operates from two campuses in Oxford: St Joseph’s Campus in Temple Road, Cowley, and a city centre site in St Michael’s Street.

A High Court administration order allows licensed insolvency practitioners to take control of an insolvent company, with the aim of protecting assets.

This is while options are explored for either rescuing the business, selling parts of it, or winding it up in an orderly way.

BTG Begbies Traynor (London) LLP is handling the insolvency of Touchload Limited with administrators, Stephen Katz and David Lawrence Birne, appointed.

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Companies House records show that Touchload Limited is a private limited company incorporated on September 11, 1987, with a registered office address in Brighton.

The company’s nature of business is recorded on the public register as general secondary education.

The most recent available filings show that the last set of accounts submitted by Touchload Limited covered the year ending December 31, 2024.

Those filings also state that the company remains listed as active, with its next accounts due by Thursday, October 1, 2026.

Kings Oxford is described in Oxfordshire County Council’s Family Information Service and other directory entries as a modern independent college for ambitious students.

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Those entries say it offers a “supportive learning environment and community” and provides a range of academic and university preparation courses.

Kings Oxford forms part of the wider Kings Education group, which runs international colleges in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Information published by Kings Education sets out detailed tuition and accommodation fee tables for its colleges, including Kings Oxford.

According to Kings’ current official fee table for its UK colleges, A‑level and GCSE tuition at Kings Oxford is priced in the low‑to‑mid £30,000s per year.

For 2026–27, two‑year and one‑year A‑level programmes are listed at £33,120 per year, or £11,040 per term.

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GCSE Year 10 is shown at £31,320 per year (£10,440 per term), while GCSE Year 11 and the Extended GCSE programme are each listed at £33,120 per year (£11,040 per term).

An Ofsted boarding inspection report for Kings Oxford, published in May 2023, rated the overall experiences and progress of children and young people as good.

The same report graded how well children and young people are helped and protected, and the effectiveness of leaders and managers, as good.

Insolvency notices advise anyone seeking further information about the administration of Touchload Limited to contact BTG Begbies Traynor in London.

Kings Oxford has been approached by this newspaper for comment and further information on the situation.