Education
- Abingdon and Witney College: provides further education.
- Abingdon School: private, boys, 11–18. The thirteenth, if not the sixth, oldest school in the country.
- The Consortium: local authority, mixed, a partnership of schools including Abingdon and Witney College and the following secondary schools:
- Fitzharrys School
- Larkmead School
- John Mason School
- Our Lady's Abingdon (formerly Our Lady's Convent): private, mixed, 3-18.
- School of St Helen and St Katharine: private, girls, 9–18.
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