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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.ย The school currently has capacity for 127 pupils ranging from age 9 to 19. โThe quality of education is outstanding and life changingโ 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
Oak Bank School
8 hours ago
Oak Bank Family: On behalf of Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Service.
For the attention of Parents and Guardians
Children/Young Peopleโs safety around lakes, rivers and bodies of open water
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2 days ago
Oak Bank Family: On behalf of Central Beds.
Please find the Kids Time flyer attached. Kids Time is a free 12 month programme for young people (aged 8-17 years) and their families, where a parent/carer has a mental illness.
These are the dates and themes for each month:
25th January โ This will be our โopen day/relaunchโ session
22nd February โ What is mental health
21st March โ Anxiety
18th April โ Self-esteem
23rd May โ Mindfulness
20th June โ Managing overwhelming feelings
18th July โ Summer picnic
22nd August โ Communication and safety planning
19th September โ New beginnings and change
24th October โ SAD syndrome
22nd November โ Support network
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2 weeks ago
Oak Bank Family: The 5k Santa Dash team.
Nothing like a dash to warm up on a sunny morning.
Well done everyone
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Love it ๐๐๐๐
so cool to see my old school is having fun
I do miss this school
Oak Bank School
2 weeks ago
Enrichment: Is there anything better than sunny days on the Dunstable Downs holding onto the string of a kite!? ๐ช
How about sunny days, kites andโฆ hot chocolate! โ๏ธ โ๏ธ
Well done to all. Have a super weekend
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Brilliant. Love seeing these posts. Glad to see you getting a kite in the air. Was difficult with a baseball back in the day๐๐๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐x