OXLEY COLLEGE HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY

OXLEY COLLEGE IS AN INDEPENDENT, CO-EDUCATIONAL AND NON-DENOMINATIONAL PRE-K to 12 DAY SCHOOL FOUNDED ON CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

It first opened its doors to students in 1983 with an initial enrolment of twenty four. Oxley is consciously small and personal enough for students to feel that their uniqueness and individuality matter, yet large enough to offer a wide range of subjects and opportunities.

Oxley aims to develop in its students the virtues they will require to lead a happy and fulfilling life. This involves a spiritedness and sensitivity in all that they do, think and feel. It is hoped that Oxley students will carry a sense of challenge, an acceptance of their responsibilities, an awareness of the needs of others and a compassion in meeting those needs. The College seeks to develop the mind, the body and the spirit, recognising that in harmony they contribute to wholeness of being.

Above all, we hope to engender in our students an understanding that ‘being’ is more important than ‘having’ and that it is the quality with which one thinks and feels and believes and strives which is paramount.

All educational policies and practices have been established to develop the fundamental principles of this
philosophy. High standards of dress, courtesy, conduct and involvement in Oxley activities are expected from students to help them identify with and be loyal to the principles for which Oxley stands. Oxley provides opportunities for every student to achieve. The highest achievement of all – a noble quality of person – is believed to be within reach of everyone.