Oasis Academy Don Valley is an

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located in the

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area of

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, England. The school opened in September 2015, and is sponsored by the

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. It opened with just 4 year groups and these are working their way through the school, in September 2020 the oldest students had entered the first year nine. The school is somewhat unusual in teaching German as the first foreign language.

Description

The school opened in 2015 with 54 students in 4 year groups with 18 teachers on the site of the former

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in the

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. By 2018 there were 464 pupils on its roll, around 60 staff, and the first students had entered

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. At its first Ofsted, this was rated as a 'Good' school. The school has grown over the last three years, and a high proportion of pupils in the school have started at different times in the primary school cycle. The school includes provision for two-year olds and the first Year 6 cohort in 2017/18. The large majority of pupils come from Asian backgrounds, while the remainder are from a wide range of minority ethnic backgrounds. A few pupils are

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. A much higher-than-average proportion of pupils speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the

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Curriculum

The academy enrolls two-year olds into its Early Years provision, and then 4 year olds into reception. These youngsters are behind on basic skill, and they are taught in skills groups rather than strict age groups- with the aim of them having caught up by entry to year one. From year one emphasis is placed

phonics Phonics is a method for teaching people how to Reading, read and write an alphabetic language (such as English alphabet, English, Arabic alphabet, Arabic or Russian alphabet, Russian). It is done by demonstrating the relationship between the so ...

, writing and Maths Mastery. As is customary in Key Stage one and two education, the strands of the National Curriculum are taught in termly topics. Ofsted commented "Good-quality teaching ensures that pupils overall make strong progress from the time they enter the school". ERIC is the acronym used for the whole class reading sessions -Everyone Reading in Class. The academy publishes a termly

Knowledge organiser A knowledge organiser is an educational template on a single A4 sheet consisting of grids, each with a term and a short explanation, making it clear to the student as to what is essential to learn. Each grid has an overall theme and these vary acco ...

for each year group.

Chengdu partnership

The

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has a partnership agreement with

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

, China. The city is planning to build an English-language kindergarten and primary school based on Oasis Academy Don Valley. Design firm

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is the contractor for both Oasis and the new school.

References

External links

Oasis Academy Don Valley official website
{{authority control Primary schools in Sheffield Secondary schools in Sheffield Academies in Sheffield Don Valley Educational institutions established in 2015 2015 establishments in England