Oak Wood School

Last updated

Oak Wood School
Oak Wood School, Hillingdon.svg
Oak Wood School 1.jpg
The Main School Building, opened in 2018
Address
Oak Wood School
Sutton Court Road

, ,
UB10 9HT

Coordinates 51°32′22″N0°26′41″W / 51.5394°N 0.4447°W / 51.5394; -0.4447 Coordinates: 51°32′22″N0°26′41″W / 51.5394°N 0.4447°W / 51.5394; -0.4447
Information
Former name Abbotsfield School for Boys
TypeFoundation school
Established2017;6 years ago (2017)
Sister school Swakeleys School for Girls
Department for Education URN 102449 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherDaniel Cowling
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Capacity1350 [1]
Color(s)  Green
  Yellow
  Purple (Sixth Form)
Website www.oakwoodschool.uk

Oak Wood School (formerly Abbotsfield School for Boys ) is a coeducational secondary school with a sixth form, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. The school was rated 'Good' in its most recent Ofsted inspection. It shares a site with the Swakeleys School for Girls.

Contents

History

Cllr Ray Puddifoot, Leader of the Council for Hillingdon, and Boris Johnson, MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, unveil a plaque for the opening of Oak Wood School. Oak Wood School - Plaque.jpg
Cllr Ray Puddifoot, Leader of the Council for Hillingdon, and Boris Johnson, MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, unveil a plaque for the opening of Oak Wood School.

The original school, Abbotsfield School for Boys, was established on Clifton Gardens in 1953. The Abbotsfield and Swakeleys schools consisted of fourteen one- to two-storey blocks dating from the 1950s to 2005 and shared one site.

The old school was renamed on 20 July 2018 and was relaunched as co-educational under the name Oak Wood School. [2] The original closing date was put as 2016, though this was delayed in order to allow building works to be completed on the site. The old school buildings were used until the new facility was opened, at which point the old buildings were demolished, with the same happening to Swakeleys School's buildings. The new building works for both Abbotsfield and Swakeleys were funded by the London Borough of Hillingdon. The reason cited for Abbotsfield's re-opening as co-ed was due to the school's low admission rates and performance. [3]

The school moved into its new building in January 2018. On 2 February 2018, Ray Puddifoot, Leader of the Hillingon Council, and Boris Johnson, MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip attended [4] alongside headteacher Mark Bland. The pair unveiled a plaque in the school's entrance hall. Cllr Ray Puddifoot was a former pupil of the school.

The new school building has purpose-built drama and music areas, 4-court sports hall and external sports courts, dance studio, increasing the number of school places by 375. A vocaThe school has specially resourced provision for pupils with SEND.

The school has now reached 'Good' status in 2022 under the current headteacher, Daniel Cowling. [5]

Headteachers

Academia

The house groups are as follows:

The first three houses were chosen by the school's student council in 2016/17. Yousafzai was chosen in 2022 as a fourth house.

Notable alumni

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ickenham</span> Human settlement in England

Ickenham is an area in Greater London, forming the eastern part of Uxbridge and within the London Borough of Hillingdon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">London Borough of Hillingdon</span> London borough in United Kingdom

The London Borough of Hillingdon is the largest and westernmost borough in West London, England. It was formed in 1965 from the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton in the ceremonial county of Middlesex. Today, Hillingdon is home to Heathrow Airport and Brunel University, and is the second largest of the 32 London boroughs by area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hillingdon</span> Suburban area within the London Borough of Hillingdon

Hillingdon is an area of Uxbridge within the London Borough of Hillingdon, centred 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross. It was an ancient parish in Middlesex that included the market town of Uxbridge. During the 1920s the civil parish bore a rapid, planned increase in population and housing, and was absorbed by Uxbridge Urban District in 1929. It has formed part of Greater London since 1965.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tewkesbury School</span> Academy in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

Tewkesbury School is a secondary school in the English town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire. Since 2022 the Head Teacher has been Kathleen McGillycuddy. On 1 January 2012, Tewkesbury School became an academy.

Harris Academy St John's Wood is a secondary school in St John's Wood, North London), that was re-named in 2017. It is a 7 form-entry non-selective co-educational academy. Its predecessor Quintin Kynaston was founded in 1969 by the merger of Quintin Grammar School and Kynaston School. The earlier schools, which were built on the same site, opened in September 1956. It has been an academy school since November 2011. The school was rated as "Outstanding" in 2008 and 2011 by Ofsted, the English schools' inspectorate; however, in 2014 it was rated "Requires Improvement", and in April 2017 it was rated "Inadequate" and as a consequence was placed in special measures. It joined the Harris Federation Multi-Academy Trust in September 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Regent High School</span> Community school in Somers Town, London, England

Regent High School (RHS), formerly South Camden Community School and Sir William Collins Secondary School, is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Somers Town, in the London Borough of Camden, England. The name was last changed in an attempt to shed what staff feared was a "negative perception" of the school rooted in its past. The school enjoyed an extensive rebuilding and refurbishment programme from 2011 to 2013. The school's accreditations include Healthy Schools, Sportmark, Leading Parent Partnership award and International Schools status.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tabor Academy, Braintree</span> Academy in Braintree, Essex, England

Tabor Academy is a Secondary school with Academy status located in Braintree, Essex, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chessington School</span> Academy in Chessington, London, England

Chessington School is a co-educational secondary school with a sports centre, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. The current building was opened in September 2009.

The Arthur Terry School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in the Four Oaks area of Sutton Coldfield, England. It is Ofsted Outstanding and was an Arts College before the Specialist Schools initiative was made defunct. The school's headteacher is Samantha Kibble. It is part of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darrick Wood School</span> Academy school in Orpington, Greater London, England

Darrick Wood School is a mixed secondary school in Orpington, London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom with a current roll of 1785 pupils. It was first opened in 1975.

Park Academy West London is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Yiewsley area of the London Borough of Hillingdon, England.

Vyners School is a secondary school and sixth form in Ickenham within the London Borough of Hillingdon. Since November 2011 the school has had an academy status.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Teddington School</span> Academy in Teddington, London, England

Teddington School is a co-educational state school for ages 11–18, located in Teddington in the borough of Richmond upon Thames in south-west London. It has had academy status since 2012, and is operated by the Bourne Trust. It opened a co-educational sixth form in 2014.

Abbotsfield School for Boys was an all-boys school in Hillingdon, West London. It closed on 20 July 2017, replaced on the site by the new co-ed Oak Wood School, which officially opened on 1 September 2017, under the same head teacher, Mark Bland.

The Douay Martyrs RC School is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Ickenham within the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. It serves around 1,300 pupils from a range of social backgrounds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Valentines High School</span> Community school in Ilford, London, England

Valentines High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Ilford area of the London Borough of Redbridge, England. It has approximately 1300 pupils and 93 teachers. Valentines has been a teaching school since 2011, and is a member of the Leading Edge partnership programme. In 2006, it was designated as a specialist school for technology and had technology college status.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Highworth Grammar School for Girls</span> Grammar school in Ashford, Kent, England

Highworth Grammar School is a selective secondary school in Ashford, Kent. The school also admits boys to the sixth form. At an Ofsted inspection in June 2013, the school was rated 1 (outstanding) in all categories.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West London Free School</span> Free school in Hammersmith, London, England

The West London Free School is an English free school for girls and boys aged 11 to 18. It was co-founded by Toby Young and opened in 2011.

Swakeleys School for Girls is a secondary school and sixth form for girls located in the Hillingdon area of the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. It is the only girls' school in the borough and used to share a site with Abbotsfield School for Boys in Clifton Gardens, until it was rebuilt in 2017, and reformed into the unisex Oak Wood School. After the closure of Abbotsfield School, Swakeleys School became the only single-sex school in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

The 2022 Hillingdon London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 53 members of Hillingdon London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

References

  1. "Oak Wood School - GOV.UK".
  2. "Abbotsfield School is closing - here's what's happening next". 14 July 2017.
  3. https://modgov.hillingdon.gov.uk/documents/s25814/09%20-%20REPORT%20Abbotsfield%20Draft%20Cabinet%203%20March%2015%20with%20Corp%20Fin%20comments.pdf
  4. "Boris Opens Oak Wood School".
  5. https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50187809