Oaklands Community School

Coordinates: 50°56′28″N 1°27′14″W / 50.941°N 1.454°W / 50.941; -1.454

Oaklands Community School
Type Secondary
Headteacher Dr Peter Hollis
Location Fairisle Road
Southampton
Hampshire
England
Local authority Southampton
DfE URN 116464 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–16
Website www.oaklands.southampton.sch.uk

Oaklands Community School was a mixed comprehensive school in west Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England. The school served the Lordshill community from 1983 to 2008 for 11- to 16-year-olds. In its later years it became a specialist Arts College.

The most recent Ofsted inspection was 27 September 2004, when the school was praised, the introduction to the report reading "Oaklands Community School is a very good school. Its exceptional egalitarian ethos ensures that all students are treated with care, respect and encouragement. Very strong leadership, a commitment to equality of opportunity, improvement and raised standards combined with a good quality of education for all students result in a school which provides good value for money."[1][2]

According to the Department of Education performance tables, the school obtained the fourth-highest CVA score in the city. This is a new, complex Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4 contextual value added (CVA) score designed to show the progress children have made. This is done by comparing their achievements with those of other pupils nationally who had the same or similar prior attainment in their test results at age 10 or 11 in 2001.[3]

The school closed in 2008 August. The premises became the upper school site for Oasis Academy Lord's Hill which has since moved to a new dedicated building. At the same time Millbrook Community School became the lower school site. During late 2013 and early 2014, Oaklands Community School was demolished to make way for housing, however the pool has remained and is planned to reopen in 2014–15.[4][5]

References

  1. Ofsted inspection report, visit of 27-30 September 2004
  2. Ofsted Website
  3. Department of Education performance tables 2006
  4. "Oaklands School to be demolished but pool may yet be saved". Daily Echo. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  5. "£1.7m Work Starts To Reopen Old Southampton Pool". Heart Hampshire. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

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