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Johnny Bush, i/c Cross Country, 1983

APWB salutes a legend of Summer Fields who retired in July 2024 after 44 years at the school. More...

Cricket at Summer Fields by Jocelyn Galsworthy

In her oil painting, Jocelyn Galsworthy beautifully captures the essence of Summer Fields. More...

Occasional Universal Register

APWB presents another selection of snippets that have come his way. Please do share your updates with us if you would like them included on the alumni… More...

Edward 'Ned' Harris pictured above in Ukraine, 2022.

Edward 'Ned' Harris died on August 26 2025. More...

OS, Simon Eccles-Williams pictured above with his family members in the Archive Room, Summer Fields

I last visited Summer Fields about 20 years ago and so it was with some anticipation that I returned to the school with my five siblings in early Nove… More...

Jonathan Spears OS 1969-1974 pictured above on the left with Justin Metcalf (1969-1974) on the right

Jonathan Spears OS 1969-1974 shares some of his recollections from his time at Summer Fields. More...

OSS Reunion Football Matches, 2021 & 2022 Leavers.

Harry Brasher, OS 2019 - 2021, gives us an account of the recent OSS Reunion Football Matches that took place at Summer Fields on 12 October 2025 More...

Gertrude Maclaren - we have just two photographs of her.

In a world where girls were rarely given an academic education, Gertrude emerged as a young woman with an extraordinary knowledge of the Classics. More...

Justin Wong in Imperial College's 2021 team for University Challenge

In the last 160 years, 436 SF boys have won King’s Scholarships at Eton (and many others have won awards at Winchester and other fine schools). How m… More...

Lawrence Clarke (OS, 1998–2003), the 110 metres hurdler who came 4th in 2012

With excitement building as the Paris Olympics draw near, Andrew Bishop investigates the Summer Fields connections with the Olympic Games. More...

Here is another small selection of news items that have come my way recently. Please do share your news with all who visit the alumni website – contac… More...

Cyril Bradshaw

Donald was born in Frodsham, Cheshire in 1933. During the war he attended Summer Fields Prep School in Oxford before going on to Malvern in 1946. More...

Christopher Miles

Award-winning film director who never forgot that his showbusiness career began at Summer Fields More...

Philip Ziegler

A diplomat and historian, whose unflagging industry and punctilious research resulted in many of his biographies becoming almost definitive More...

The Red Pavilion by Kin Grachangnetara (OS 2019 - 2023)

As a taste of what we hope might develop into a regular and more comprehensive update on alumni news, here is a small sample of snippets that have com… More...

A century for Summer Fields is not quite the same as a century for England - but just as memorable!

There's a wealth of detail about school cricket matches in older issues of the school magazine, and there are dozens of old scorebooks in the archives… More...

Waterperry Opera Festival is performing Mansfield Park at Kirtlington Park

OS Peter Buxton (1968-1973) is hosting Waterperry Opera Festival performances of MANSFIELD PARK at Kirtlington Park on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th S… More...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla

APWB takes a look at the King's Coronation from a Summer Fields angle. More...

Leo Aylen discovered his love for spoken verse as a young pupil at Summer Fields

Leo is an accomplished poet and author with an impressive career in broadcasting. He is excited to be a candidate for the prestigious Oxford Professor… More...

Seb Corso (2014-2018) with his fives partner, Marcel.

The 2022–23 fives season has recently finished, and several Old Summerfieldians have appeared on court either in tournaments or playing league matches… More...

In the men's real tennis Varsity Match, on the 3rd and 4th March, Oxford triumphed 4-2.

In the men's real tennis Varsity Match, on the 3rd and 4th March, Oxford triumphed 4-2. The four-man team for the dark blues included two Old Summerfi… More...

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