Oasis Academy Leesbrook

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Oasis Academy Leesbrook
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Address
Oasis Academy Leesbrook
Roxbury Avenue

Oldham
,
Greater Manchester
,
OL4 5JE

England
Coordinates 53°32′06″N2°04′56″W / 53.535°N 2.08221°W / 53.535; -2.08221 Coordinates: 53°32′06″N2°04′56″W / 53.535°N 2.08221°W / 53.535; -2.08221
Information
Type Free school
EstablishedSeptember 2018 (2018-09)
Local authority Oldham Borough Council
Trust Oasis Community Learning
Department for Education URN 145723 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalSarah Livesey [1]
Gender Mixed
Age range11–16
Enrolment368 ( February 2021) [1]
Capacity750 ( 450 in 2021 with 3 years intake)
Website www.oasisacademyleesbrook.org

Oasis Academy Leesbrook is coeducational secondary school located in the Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the Oasis Community Learning. It opened to pupils in September 2018. It moved to its new site on 9 November 2020. It has not had its first Ofsted inspection.

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History

Oldham City Council and the Department for Education identified a need for 1000 extra secondary school places in East Oldham. Oasis Community Learning put forward a proposal to open a 1500 place Free School. [2] This was approved in April 2017, and the site in Lees was agreed by Oldham Council in July 2017.The site was controversial as it formerly was the site of the failed Breeze Hill School that was demolished in 2013. The proposal was for a free-school, and Manchester was still reeling from the failure and closure of both the Greater Manchester UTC and the Collective Spirit Free School. [3] [4]

The school opened in a vacant GM-UTC building, [3] in Oldham town centre in September 2018 and into their new purpose built building in November, 2020.

Description

Oasis Academy Leesbrook is part of the Oasis Community Learning group, and evangelical Christian charity. [5] The trust have guided forty schools out of special measures. 19 per cent of the 52 Oasis academies classified as failing. [6] Oasis has opened two other free schools Oasis Academy South Bank and Oasis Academy Silvertown and senior management and teachers have experience in other Oasis schools. The Oasis philosophy involves engaging the community from the start so they have ownership, and offering its facilities for the community to use. Almost 50% of the students are deprived receiving pupil premium and free school meals. Parents sign a Home-school agreement where they accept a fairly strict discipline regime. [7]

Oasis has a long-term strategy for enhancing the performance of its schools. Firstly it has devised a standard curriculum, that each school can safely adopt knowing it will deliver the National Curriculum. Secondly it has invested in staff training so they are focused on improving the outcomes for the students, and thirdly, through its Horizons scheme it is providing each member of staff and student with a tablet. [8]

Building

The two and four storey blocks and hard landscaping were built by Galliford Try. [9]

Academics

The academy currently serves students from Year 7–11.

Curriculum

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the National Curriculum, where success is judged on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'. [10] Schools endeavour to get all students to achieve the English Baccalaureate qualification- this must include core subjects a modern or ancient foreign language, and either History or Geography.

The academy operates a three-year, Key Stage 3 where all the core National Curriculum subjects are taught. [11] This is a transition period from primary to secondary education, that builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding gained at primary school, and introduces youngsters who are starting from a lower than average base to wider, robust and challenging programmes of study needed to gain qualifications at Key Stage 4. [11] Students study Spanish, French or German.


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References

  1. 1 2 "Oasis Academy Leesbrook - GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "OALB_Consultation_report" (PDF). www.oasiscommunitylearning.org. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "54 new free schools open this month". Local Schools Network. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Dobson, Charlotte (19 July 2017). "The site for a new free school has been selected". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Oasis Community Learning, registered charity no. 1109288". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  6. ↑ "Oasis leader on his vision for country's first secure school". Schools Week. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Pastoral Care - Oasis Academy Leesbrook". www.oasisacademyleesbrook.org. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Oasis Horizons - Oasis Academy Leesbrook". www.oasisacademyleesbrook.org. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Construction of new building for Oasis Leesbrook Academy is underway". www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  10. ↑ Roberts, Nerys. "The school curriculum in England Parliamentary Briefing Paper" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  11. 1 2 "Curriculum - Oasis Academy: Master". www.oasisacademyleesbrook.org. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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