Kingham Hill School is an independent Christian school based on the Church of England denomination. It was founded by local Christian landowner Charles Edward Baring Young in 1886 as a home for deprived boys and was designed by the architect William Howard Seth-Smith. The school is located in Oxfordshire near the village of Kingham and the town of Chipping Norton. It is a fee-paying boarding school. The school consists of eight houses, six of which are boarding and two are houses for day students. Students who board have the option of either staying all term (varies depending on time of year) or they can go to their parents or guardians on Fridays until Sunday when they must return to school. Baring Young also founded Oak Hill Theological College in London. Due to Baring Young's wishes as a founder the whole school attends a chapel every morning and an evensong on Sunday evenings.
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