Oasis Academy Shirley Park (formerly Ashburton Community School) is a mixed

all-through school All-through schools educate young people throughout multiple stages of their education, generally throughout childhood and adolescence. Definition The term "all-through" can be legitimately applied to establishments in many different circumstan ...

located within the

Ashburton Learning Village Ashburton Learning Village is a learning complex in Woodside, Greater London. It stands in the London Borough of Croydon, and is located near Ashburton Park. The learning village includes Ashburton Library, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Croydon M ...

complex in the

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area of

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, England. The school educates children of

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and

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age, and also has a

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. It is based on three sites: Shirley Road, Long Lane, Stroud Green. Originally two schools, Ashburton Secondary Modern Boys and Ashburton Secondary Modern Girls, which merged in 1971 to become Ashburton High School. At a later date, the school became Ashburton Community School and became an

Academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

in 2009 and was renamed Oasis Academy Shirley Park. The school is sponsored by the

Oasis Trust Oasis Charitable Trust, commonly known as Oasis, is a UK-based Christian registered charity. It was founded by the Reverend Steve Chalke in September 1985. Chalke had been assistant minister at Tonbridge Baptist Church, Kent, for four years. He ...

. The academy has a partnership with local English Premier League-club

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dating back to the former Community School.

Description

Oasis Academy Shirley Park is part of the

Oasis Community Learning Oasis Charitable Trust, commonly known as Oasis, is a UK-based Christian registered charity. It was founded by the Reverend Steve Chalke in September 1985. Chalke had been assistant minister at Tonbridge Baptist Church, Kent, for four years. He ...

group, and evangelical Christian charity. The trust have guided forty schools out of special measures. 19 per cent of the 52 Oasis academies classified as failing. The trust's founder Reverend

Steve Chalke Stephen John "Steve" Chalke (born 17 November 1955) is a British Baptist minister, the founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust, a former United Nations' Special Adviser on Human Trafficking and a social activist. Chalke is a Fellow of the Royal So ...

says "Turning round a school is sometimes a quick fix, it really, truly is". Oasis Academy Shirley Park was judged an outstanding school in 2013 and again in 2018 it was a good school but with potential to speedily become outstanding again.

Curriculum

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the

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, and there 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- 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 Key Stage 3 (commonly abbreviated as KS3) is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14. In Northern Ireland t ...

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

Key Stage 4 Key Stage 4 (KS4) is the legal term for the two years of school education which incorporate GCSEs, and other examinations, in maintained schools in England normally known as Year 10 and Year 11, when pupils are aged between 14 and 16 by August 31 ...

. 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.

EYFS Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2

This is an all through school where the

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(EYFS) provides stimulating environments where 3yr and 4yr olds can play, explore, experiment, develop confidence, be curiosity to learn through play. The primary section- is equivalent to a

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and

Key Stage 2 Key Stage 2 is the legal term for the four years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, when the pupils are aged between 7 and 11 years. England and Wales Legal definition The t ...

, or a

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. Key Stage 1 is about accustomising the children to the practices of the classroom,

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s and

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. The

defines a broad list of subjects that should be taught by means of broad topics: * Art * Computing * Dance * Design Technology * Drama * English * Geography * History * Mathematics * Music * PE - including Swimming * Peer Massage * Personal, Social Citizenship and Health Education (PSCHE) * Philosophy for Children (P4C) * Religious Education * Science * Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) * Spanish (KS2) The revision of 2014, made the English syllabus concentrate on formal

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, this is all tested by Key Stage 2 SATs. This is alleged to prepare the student to subject oriented Key Stage 3, and is inspected by Ofsted, but remains controversial.

Notable former pupils

Aaron Wan-Bissaka Aaron Wan-Bissaka (born 26 November 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Manchester United. Wan-Bissaka began his career with Crystal Palace and was named as the club's Player of the Year for the 2018� ...

, footballer with Manchester United F.C, attended 2009–2014. * Jerome Williams, footballer with

, attended 2004–2010. * Alex Wynter, footballer with

, attended 2005–2010.

Ashburton Community School

Neal Ardley Neal Christopher Ardley (born 1 September 1972) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a right midfielder. He is currently the manager of Solihull Moors. Ardley was capped at Under-21 level by England. Ard ...

, manager at

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and former footballer with Wimbledon F.C. *

Dean Leacock Dean Leacock (born 10 June 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays for Lowestoft Town. He is primarily a centre-back, but he can also play as a right back or a defensive midfielder. Career Fulham Born in Croydon, London, Leacock ...

, footballer with

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. *

Simon Osborn Simon Edward Osborn (born 19 January 1972) is an English former football player and football manager. A midfielder, he played 395 league and cup games in a 17-year career in the English Football League. He began his career with Crystal Palace, ...

, joint manager at

Margate Margate is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook. The town has been a significan ...

and former footballer with

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, attended 1983–1989. *

Damian Scannell Damian Scannell (born 28 April 1985) is an English former footballer who last played for Tonbridge Angels. Earlier in his career he played for Fisher Athletic, Eastleigh, Southend United, Sutton United and Dagenham & Redbridge. Scannell wa ...

, footballer with Sutton United, attended 1996–2001. *

Sean Scannell Sean Scannell (born 17 September 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Isthmian League Premier Division club Hornchurch. Scannell began his career with Crystal Palace where he scored 12 goals in 130 League appearances ...

, footballer with

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. Th ...

, attended 2002–2007. *

Ibra Sekajja Ibra Sekajja (born 31 October 1992) is an Ugandan footballer who plays as a striker for AC Oulu in the Veikkausliiga. Career Born in Uganda, he attended secondary school at Ashburton Community School from 2004 to 2009. Ibra was first notice ...

, footballer with

, attended 2004–2009. *

Mike Leeder Mike Leeder (born 5 August 1968, in Croydon, England) is an English casting director, producer and actor based in Hong Kong. Leeder has been responsible for DVD and Blu-ray special features for many Hong Kong productions. He worked on such projects ...

, Hong Kong based Casting Director and Film Producer, attended 1979-1984.

References

External links

Oasis Academy Shirley Park official website
{{authority control Primary schools in the London Borough of Croydon Secondary schools in the London Borough of Croydon Academies in the London Borough of Croydon Shirley Park