There are a large number of societies at the School, and these include
School Societies and Activities
- Clare Society
- Classics Society
- Junior Classics Society
- Drama Society
- Economics Society
- Junior English Society
- French Society
- Geography Society
- Senior German Society
- Junior German Society
- Senior History Society
- Junior History Society
- Music Society
- Needham (Chinese) Society
- Science Society
- Spanish Society
Other Academic Societies
- Astronomy Society
- Colloquium
- Computer Building Society
- Senior Debating Society
- Junior Debating Society
- Film Society
- History Forum
- Law Society
- Opera Society
- Poetry Now
- Politics Society
- Politics Forum
- Robotics Society
- Southcott Mock Trial - Law
Other Societies and Activities
- Ale Appreciation Society
- Amnesty International
- Ballet
- The BIS
- Careers
- Charities
- Cheese Appreciation Society
- Chess Society
- Clay Pigeon Shooting
- Croquet
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Gastronomy
- Green Team
- Jewellery Society
- Kung Fu Society
- Off-Road Buggies
- Open House
- Oscar Radio
- Oundle Charity Venturers
- Oundle Chronicle
- Oundle School Production Agency
- Photography
- Rocket Club
- Scottish Dancing
- RocSoc
- Versus
- Video Society
- Wargames
- Wine Appreciation
Societies
In addition to participation in plays and concerts, the School offers a huge range of other extra-curricular opportunities for pupils. There are some fifty societies, ranging from Classics to Croquet, and from Astronomy to an Amnesty support group. All major academic departments run their own societies and some offer two, one at senior and one at junior level. Meetings often welcome distinguished visitors, a notable feature of the Law and Cinema Appreciation Societies, for example. A School Inter-House Debating Competition takes place each year at both senior and junior level.
The Societies Fair is staged in the Great Hall at the beginning of each academic year and enables new pupils to discover what is on offer; they can make jewellery, play War Games, involve themselves in photography or robotics, build computers, play chess, learn how to cook, or write for Off the Cuff (the School's newspaper), or even host a show on the School's own radio station, OSCAR, during its two-month-long broadcasting periods each year.