Welcome to our School

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Our children and young people are at the heart of everything we do.

A very warm welcome to Oakley School. We are the district Special School for children and young people from 3 to 19 years with a wide range of special educational needs located in our Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge (post-16) sites

Our Mission: Children and Young People at the heart of all we do.

Our Ethos: Work Hard, Be Kind, Have Fun & Stay Safe

Our Vision: To give all our children and young people opportunities to engage, explore, discover and develop their independence – to become confident, resilient, happy and well prepared for a positive and meaningful future.

At Oakley School we are ambitious for our pupils and offer a rich Creative Curriculum that is personalised and offers learning in school as well as in the community. Our skilled and dedicated staff team work very hard to make learning motivating, interactive, challenging and fun, whilst ensuring that all our children and young people feel safe, valued and self-confident. We promote “Skills for Life and Independence” so that when pupil leave Oakley School they are prepared for the next phase in their lives and have the best opportunities.

Pupils' wellbeing and engagement is central to all our decision making and how we structure our school and the interventions we use.

Our Wider Curriculum offers excellent enrichment activities including: lunch and after school clubs, curriculum trips and residential experiences in the United Kingdom and abroad. These opportunities provide pupils time and experiences to develop their life skills in new places and with different people in preparation for their next steps.

We work collaboratively across our school community with our Families, Therapists, NHS Colleagues and other professionals and external organisations to support and meet the needs of our pupils.

We hope that you enjoy your visit to our website, and that you find the information you are looking for. Please feel free to contact the school directly with any queries you may have. If you would like a paper copy of any of the information on our website, we would be happy to provide it, free of charge. Email office@oakley.kent.sch.uk

or call us on 01892 823096.

It is my privilege to be the Headteacher at Oakley School and we welcome you to visit the school so you can meet pupils and staff to experience our very special school.

Sam Perryman
Headteacher

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Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

HMS Oakley!
Mon 24 Jun 2019

We are excited to share how our Playground Development Project is coming along on our Tunbridge Wells site. We have been lucky enough to have raised sufficient funds to start this project off with a big bang - in the form of a wooden ship called HMS Oakley!

The pupils couldn’t have been clearer with what they wanted to see in their playground - a pirate ship! The photograph below shows the ship being built in “Dry Dock” and all being well and with fair winds, we should be able to set sail on her from September 2019.

We are not going to stop there and have plans for a trim trail to be built under the canopy of our giant trees – we have so far raised £5,400 and need around another £6,000 to make this a reality – the funds from this year's Summer Fair (Saturday, 6th July, 11am to 1pm) will go towards the trail – so please come and support.
The Big Battery Hunt - UPDATE!
Fri 14 Jun 2019

We have had our first six boxes of batteries collected this week, which means approximately 2,500 batteries that won’t go to landfill! Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far, but please keep up the good work – we are still collecting batteries for recycling, so keep sending them in.

Thank you

Oakley School Eco Committee
FE students have fun at 'It's a Knockout'
Tue 11 Jun 2019

On Friday 7th June, Oakley School entered two teams of Further Education (FE) students into the annual It's a Knockout at the Angel Centre in Tonbridge. The event was organised and hosted by Tonbridge Lions. There were 15 teams from schools and other organisations who support young people and adults with a variety of physical and learning needs in the area. Broomhill Bank School, Horizon and Aspen were just some of the teams we competed against.

Both of our teams were amazing, showing great team work and supporting each other and we are very proud to share that Oakley School came third overall. Well done to all our students and thank you to all involved in organising such a great event.
Ultra Marathon Runner for Oakley!
Mon 03 Jun 2019

You may have been following our amazing supporter Stuart Coleman who ran an ULTRA MARATHON on Saturday, 25^th May in aid of Oakley school. He sent us an update when he completed his 100k London to Brighton Challenge;

Hi Oakley

Hope you're all well and have enjoyed the half term. Just to let you know I survived the run! I managed to come in 39th in the men’s race in a time of 13 hours 37 minutes which I was really pleased with. A few donations still to come in but we're looking at just under £4k which I hope you'll be able to use to buy something with!

Look forward to seeing you for the summer fair.

Thanks

Stuart

What an incredible achievement – massive thank you to Stuart for putting himself through such a rigorous test of endurance and the 6 months of training!