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Welcome to Oak Bank School

A special message from the Headteacher
For those of you who do not know about Oak Bank School, we are a special school which caters for pupils who have social, emotional and mental health difficulties, including associated challenging behaviours. Many of the pupils that attend the school have additional special educational needs such as autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit and hyperactive disorders (ADHD) and speech, language and communication difficulties.
Places for pupils are commissioned at the school by several local authorities, Including Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Luton. All pupils who are referred to the school have an education, health and care plan.
Oak Bank is an Outstanding learning community (Ofsted 2015 & 2019) that engages pupils and develops positive attitudes to learning. The school currently has capacity for 127 pupils ranging from age 9 to 19. ‘The quality of education is outstanding and life changing’ Ofsted March 2019.
Staff at Oak Bank are confident and skilled in building positive relationships that help to break down barriers, build self-esteem and challenge disaffection. Teachers and support staff at Oak Bank are highly trained to meet the needs of individual pupils.
Many of the pupils that attend Oak Bank have not had success in their education elsewhere. Through their attendance at Oak Bank, these pupils rebuild their trust and desire to learn. Our pupils achieve exceptionally well academically, from often lower-than-expected starting points. They leave school at Year 11 or after sixth form with relevant qualifications and work experience that helps them gain employment.
We are extremely proud of our Oak Bank Family and our journey. We are recognised as a leading SEMH provision and National Behaviour Hub by the DfE. We know our website provides only a glimpse into the range of our provision, culture, activities and the fun that our pupils and staff enjoy as they learn. Please contact the school if you would like to know more.
Mr Phil Collier
MEd, CMgr FCMI, NPQH
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3 days ago
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Oak Bank Family: On behalf of Central Bedfordshire.
The local authorities across Bedfordshire along with our partner agencies are running a campaign about cycle helmet safety.
Parliament are in the process to obtain a parliamentary bill that requires a person riding a bicycle on the public highway to wear a safety helmet and for connected purposes.
To make this become the norm, as is in Australia, we need to get children to wear helmets from an early age, so we have designed the attached posters to get this message across. ... See MoreSee Less
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Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope this message finds our ‘Oak Bank Family’ well. A special welcome to parents, carers and pupils new to us this September. As we kick off the academic year, I wanted to take a moment to say how impressed I have been with the positivity and smiles that your children have returned to us with. Great to see each one proudly wearing their Oak Bank uniform. I look forward to an excellent year of learning, trips & visits and our amazing enrichment program!
I would like to pass on my congratulations to our Year 11 and Year 13 students who have recently achieved great outcomes and move on to the next stage of their lives. Some will return for further study and others are off to college, employment and further training. At Oak Bank, we are about more than just exam results and we are extremely proud of your achievements and the young people you have grown to be.
Lastly, there has been a lot in the National press about the state of school buildings and closures due to degrading building materials (namely dangerous RAAC concrete panels). I want to reassure everyone that the Oak Bank site is not affected and surveyors have confirmed this to be the case.
Please look out for letters home in the near future regarding trips, PSHE lessons and academic dates. Until then, take care and enjoy the sunshine.
Kind regards
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Oak Bank Family: Some lovely days out to be had locally. Check out this site!
See you on the Downs maybe!?
Miss Larkins
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