Cothill House

{{Short description|Private school in Oxfordshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}

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| name = Cothill House, Cothill

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| motto = Dum spiro spero ("While I breathe, I hope")

| established = 1860 (moved to present location in 1870)

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| type = Private day and boarding school
Preparatory School

| religious_affiliation = Church of England

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| head_label = Head Master

| head = George May{{Cite web|url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/123297|title=Cothill House|website=Get Information about Schools|access-date=11 November 2023}}

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| chair_label = Chairman of the governors

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| city = Cothill

| county = Oxfordshire

| country = England

| postcode = OX13 6JL

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| urn = 123297

| staff =

| enrolment = 204

| gender = Boys

| lower_age = 8

| upper_age = 13

| publication = The Cothill Magazine

| free_label_1 = Former pupils

| free_1 = Old Cothillians

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| website = http://www.cothill.net/

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Cothill House is a day and boarding coeducational independent school for preparatory pupils in Cothill, Oxfordshire, which houses around 160 pupils from the ages 7–13.

Previously a boys school, it began to move towards co-education in 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-21 |title=Cothill announces transition to co-education starting 2025 |url=https://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/24262026.cothills-gradual-transition-co-education-2027/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Herald Series |language=en}} The school is operated by the Prep Schools Trust, a charity registered in England.{{EW charity|309639|Prep Schools Trust}}

In 2024, the school was listed by the Oxford Mail as one of 45 Oxford schools with stories of sexual harassment and abuse collected by the website Everyone's Invited.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-30 |title=All 45 Oxfordshire schools named in 'rape culture' list |url=https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/19407264.list-45-oxfordshire-schools-named-sex-abuse-list/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=This is Oxfordshire |language=en}}