Oak Bank School

Oak Bank School
Established	1976
Type	Special school; Academy
Headteacher	Mr Peter Cohen
Location	Sandy Lane Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire LU7 3BE England Coordinates: 52°56′13″N 0°39′36″W / 52.937°N 0.660°W / 52.937; -0.660
DfE number	823/7018
DfE URN	140286 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	53
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	9–16
Website	www.oakbankschool.org

Oak Bank School is a coeducational special school with academy status located in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. The school accepts pupils from all over the Central Bedfordshire area.

Oak Bank was established in 1976 as school for 'maladjusted children', and originally had capacity for 40 boarding pupils and 20 day pupils. The school had been commissioned by Luton County Borough, specifically for children from Luton, however Bedfordshire County Council took over responsibility for completing the school after the Local Government Act 1972, and the school accepted children from all over the county of Bedfordshire from its opening.^[1] Central Bedfordshire Council took over responsibility for the school after the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. In November 2013 the school converted to academy status.

Today Oak Bank is a day school for pupils who have statements of special educational need associated with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. When pupils join the school they have frequently had fractured experiences of education, and so their attainment on entry is well below average.

References

↑ "Hosted By Bedford Borough Council: Oak Bank School Leighton Buzzard". Bedfordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-06.

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Schools in Bedfordshire¹

Middle	Alban Ashton Beauchamp Etonbury Goldington Harrold St Gregory's RC Westfield

Secondary	All Saints Academy Ashcroft High School Bedford Academy Bedford Free School Biddenham International School Cardinal Newman RC School Castle Newnham School Cedars Upper School The Chalk Hills Academy Challney High School for Boys Challney High School for Girls Denbigh High School Harlington Upper School Hastingsbury Upper School Houghton Regis Academy Icknield High School Lealands High School Lea Manor High School Manshead School Mark Rutherford School Putteridge High School Queensbury Academy Redborne Upper School St Thomas More RC School Samuel Whitbread Academy Sandy Upper School Sharnbrook Upper School Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley High School Stratton Upper School The Studio School Luton UTC Central Bedfordshire Vandyke Upper School Wootton Upper School

Independent	Bedford Girls' School Bedford Modern School Bedford Preparatory School Bedford School Rabia School Rushmoor School St Andrew's School

Special	The Chiltern School Grange Academy Ivel Valley School Oak Bank School Ridgeway School St John's School Weatherfield Academy Woodlands Secondary School

Sixth form and FE colleges	Barnfield College Bedford College Central Bedfordshire College Kimberley College Luton Sixth Form College Shuttleworth College Stella Mann College

Former	Bedford High School Dame Alice Harpur School Dunstable Grammar School

¹includes schools in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton.

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