Lord William's Grammar School was founded in 1559 and opened in 1575. Under the 1944 Education Act it became a voluntary controlled school and in 1971 it became a comprehensive school when it merged with Wenman School. The School is currently a secondary academy school. Please see CC4/252for other records of this school.
The records were deposited as Acc 4384 in August 1998 and Acc. 3139 in September 1990. Other records were transferred from the Oxfordshire Education Department to the Oxfordshire History Centre. Recatalogued by Alison Smith in July 2013 with additions by Sophie-Elise Anker in July 2015.