Oasis Academy Enfield is a coeducational secondary school and

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with academy status, located in the

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area of

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, England. The school was established in September 2007, as one of the first academies sponsored by Oasis Community Learning. The school was initially housed in temporary accommodation before transferring to a new £21 million building in September 2008. The school maintains close links with

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, located in nearby

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Description

Oasis Academy Enfield was an early member and a part of the Oasis Community Learning group, and evangelical Christian charity The trust have guided forty schools out of special measures. 19 percent of the 52 Oasis academies classified as failing. The trust's founder Reverend Steve Chalke once said about Oasis, "Turning round a school is sometimes a quick fix, it really, truly is. And sometimes it’s a really long, hard, hard job".

Governance

On becoming an Oasis academy, a local board of management is elected, while the strategic management is performed centrally by the Oasis Community Learning, in Lambeth. Enfield was the second secondary academy to open. Oasis has a long-term strategy for enhancing the performance of its schools. It has devised a standard curriculum, that each local board can safely adopt knowing it will deliver the

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. It has invested in staff training so they are focused on improving the outcomes for the students. In 2021, through its Horizons scheme it is providing each member of staff and student with a tablet.

Curriculum

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the

, and their success is judged on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'. Schools endeavour to get all students to achieve the

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(EBACC) qualification. In order to achieve this pupils must gain a GCSE qualification in Maths, English, Science, 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. 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

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. At Key Stage 4 the focus is on the EBACC, and there are daily Maths, English and Science lessons- plus some options. Spanish is the taught Modern Language. Oasis Academy Enfield offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while sixth form students can choose to study from range of A Levels and additional BTECs.

Principals

The School's first Headmaster, John Walton retired from his post in 2010 and was succeeded in this post by former deputy Paul Hammond. Mr Hammond remained in post until Summer 2014. Graeme Plunkett stepped in as Interim-Principal for the autumn term 2014. Neil Hassell was the Academy's Principal from January 2015 to August 2018.

References

{{authority control Enfield, London Secondary schools in the London Borough of Enfield Academies in the London Borough of Enfield

Educational institutions established in 2007 2007 establishments in England