Oasis Academy Sholing

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Oasis Academy Sholing
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Address
Oasis Academy Sholing
Middle Road

Southampton
,
Hampshire
,
SO19 8PH

England
Coordinates 50°54′18.81″N1°21′32.28″W / 50.9052250°N 1.3589667°W / 50.9052250; -1.3589667 Coordinates: 50°54′18.81″N1°21′32.28″W / 50.9052250°N 1.3589667°W / 50.9052250; -1.3589667
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Southampton
Trust Oasis Community Learning
Department for Education URN 146284 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalMartin Brown
GenderCoeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment1,050
Website www.oasisacademysholing.org

Oasis Academy Sholing, previously known as The Sholing Technology College and, before that, Sholing Girls' School, is an academy school in east Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England. The school is for girls and boys aged 11 to 16 years. The school was founded as Sholing Middle Road Girls' School between 1910 and 1912. It became a specialist technical college in 2003, though still remained a girls school. It became an Oasis Charitable Trust academy in September 2018 with a mixed boys and girls entry.

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History

The Middle Road school buildings originally housed a boys' school, but this was converted to a girls' school - then called Sholing Middle Road Girls' School - in the years 1910–1912. The buildings were further altered between 1914 and 1920. [1] In 1938 the school was referred to as "Middle Road Senior Girls' School, Sholing" when Southampton Corporation were tendering for an electrical installation to take place there. [2] During the war the girls were temporarily based in the nearby Merry Oak Boys School, built in 1935, as well as in St Monica Road Boys School. By 1954, the school was named "Sholing (Middle Road) Secondary Girls' School" and Southampton Town Council were seeking tenders for a constructor to build a new annexe. [3] Sholing Girls School completed its transition to a specialist college of technology, under the name The Sholing Technology College, with an official ceremony in May 2003, though still remained an all girl school. By 2006 there were 999 girls in the school, and the Ofsted report was Good. [4]

Description

An Ofsted inspection in May 2016 downgraded the school from 'Good' to 'Inadequate' and recommended special measures. The report stated "Underachievement has become widespread in core areas of the curriculum. Standards of achievement and behaviour have fallen significantly since the last inspection and leaders have not delivered recommendations made at that time. Consequently, governors and leaders are not demonstrating the capacity to improve the school." [5] The headteacher of the school, Martin Brown, challenged the report. [6] In February 2018, after nearly two years of negotiations between The Sholing Technology and Oasis Community Learning, it was announced that the school would join Oasis, and become an academy, [7] despite an improved Ofsted report in late 2017. The school was officially re-established as Oasis Academy Sholing in September 2018. [8]

Oasis Academy Sholing joined the Oasis Community Learning group, and evangelical Christian charity [9] 19 per cent of the 52 Oasis academies classified as failing. [10] The trust's founder Reverend Steve Chalke says "Turning round a school is sometimes a quick fix, it really, truly is. And sometimes it’s a really long, hard, hard job". [10]

As of January 2022, the school has not yet been inspected following academisation.

Curriculum

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the National Curriculum, and there success is judged on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'. [11] 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 in year 7 and 8. In year 9 students select the humanities subject they wish to do in years 10 and 9. This becomes one of their Key Stage 4 options. This is a transition year. At the end of that year they are guided to choose 4 options. At Key Stage 4 the focus is on the English Baccalaureate, the students continue with the core subjects and there are daily Maths, English and Science lessons. In addition there are four options: One is the chosen Humanity, the second will normally be a language. There are two other subjects from a list of Art, Drama, BTEC Music, BTEC Travel & Tourism, Religious Studies, Media Studies, BTEC Health & Social Care, BTEC Sport, Food Preparation and Nutrition, Computer Science, Creative iMedia. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sholing Middle Road Girls School SC/EN 4/1/13 1910-1920". The National Archives. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Electrical Journal". 121. 1938: 581.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ "The Civil Engineer". 8. 1954: 96.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ "The Sholing Technology College Inspection Report". Ofsted.gov.uk. March 2006.
  5. ↑ "School inspection report" (PDF). Ofsted. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Adams, Rachel (9 July 2016). "Sholing Technology College said it will challenge an Ofsted report after they were given the lowest possible rating". Southern Daily Echo . Newsquest . Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "TSTC to Join OCL" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "About Oasis Academy Sholing".
  9. ↑ "Oasis Community Learning, registered charity no. 1109288". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  10. 1 2 "Oasis leader on his vision for country's first secure school". Schools Week. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  11. ↑ Roberts, Nerys. "The school curriculum in England Parliamentary Briefing Paper" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "Curriculum - Oasis Academy Sholing". www.oasisacademysholing.org. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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