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Welcome to our School

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.

  • Phase 4 Art Exhibition - Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells

    Fri 21 Oct 2022

    On Tuesday some of our Governors and staff had the privilege of attending the private viewing of the Phase 4 ’Inspired by’ art event at the Trinity Theatre. It was wonderful to see our young people’s creative work mounted and displayed.  In addition Sarah, Teacher at Phase 4 who collated the exhibition was interviewed by BBC Radio Kent to explain more about the inspiration for the exhibition: https://www.oakleyschool.co.uk/our-pupils/

     

  • Our first residential since the pandemic!

    Fri 14 Oct 2022

    At the start of this week 10 pupils and 5 staff visited France and we are pleased to share they had a wonderful trip and wonderful weather too! While they were away they visited a goat farm, the beach, local markets and a war bunker. It was such an achievement for our young people to leave home for two nights and for some it was the first time away from their families. As always our young people demonstrated their resilience and ability to face new and exciting experiences—we are so proud of them. 

     

    We would also like to recognise and thank the staff team for leading and supporting the group on the trip—without them these trips would not be possible!   

     

  • Futures & Destinations Event

    Fri 07 Oct 2022

    On Wednesday, 5th October our Tonbridge site hosted a ‘Futures and Destinations’ event. The event was for pupils and their families to meet representatives from various organisations who can support and guide young people about their next steps after they leave Oakley School. During the afternoon we were fortunate to be joined by some of our Governors as well as the following organisations: Spadework, Grow 19, Department for Work and Pensions, The Scott Project, Bore Place, Princess Christian’s Farm, The Oaks College, Beams. Thank you to everyone involved in the event: our staff team at Tonbridge for organising it, all of the representatives from the organisations and our pupils and their families for attending - the feedback was wonderful.

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