The College offers a wide range of cultural, sporting, physical, creative, service and recreational activities. These form an important part of the overall educational experience, and all students are expected to take part, choosing from over 60 regular activities.

Activities are led by teachers, including the full-time members of the Activities Department, visiting teachers, and students themselves. They take place on weekday afternoons and evenings, and at weekends. Optional weekend and vacation trips are also arranged.

A number of activities are particularly concerned with the College's mission of promoting international education and understanding.

All students must complete 150 hours of CAS activities. CAS stands for Creativity, Action and Service and is a compulsory part of the IB Diploma. Each student undertakes 50 hours of a creative activity, 50 hours of an action activity and 50 hours of service to the community.

The following list of activities provides a sample of the vast number of activities which the college promotes.

Activities include:

International Affairs

• weekly International Affairs lectures and discussions
• International evenings
• International Study Days
• International study visits (Northern Ireland, Prague, Poland)

Sporting and physical activities

• soccer, tennis, hockey, basketball, squash, swimming, and other team games
• yoga, aerobics, dance classes

Outdoor education

• weekend hill walking, horse riding, rock climbing and caving trips in Britain
• overseas vacation trips eg. to France, Italy, Austria (skiing, snowboarding etc), European tour
• expeditions (trekking in Peru)

Service activities

• service to others within the College, the local community or overseas
• support of the homeless in Oxford
• environmental action and conservation work
• support of a primary school in Tanzania
• charity fund-raising
• individual service projects
• contributing to the Student Council
• Duke of Edinburgh's Award Programme

Cultural and creative activities

• photography, arts & crafts, studio art, music (individual lessons, performance groups), theatre workshop
• visits to museums, plays, concerts, films, musicals and operas in Oxford, London and elsewhere
• visits to places of interest in Britain (e.g. Cambridge, Bath)
• overseas visits eg. to Barcelona, Paris, Dublin

Social Activities

• Films, parties, discos, barbecues, etc.

IB Diploma students must meet the IB Organisation's CAS (Creativity, Action and Service) requirements.