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

• Oakley Earth Hour

  Fri 16 Oct 2020
  Our new Eco Committee is up and running and the pupils are inviting everyone to join them with their Energy topic challenge - challenging everyone to switch off their electricity and all their gadgets for one hour!  Our pupils chose this topic because they want to support the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in taking care of the Earth which is good for the animals, and this is one way we can help to protect them.  If everyone turns off their lights regularly for just a few minutes, it will add up and help save our planet!  

  

• Oakley Students Celebrate their Success

  Thu 20 Aug 2020

  Congratulations to our Year 11, 12 and 13's who received their accreditation results today.  Despite the unusual circumstances and the uncertainty of the past few months, it is important to recognise their achievements and hard work during their time at Oakley School.

   

  Four of our Phase 4 students achieved GCSE Art & Design.  For the first time some of our Year 11's and 12's successfully completed BTEC Level 2 Home Cooking Skills.  We also have successes in Functional Skills English and Maths, BTEC Art & Design, Land Based Studies and Life & Living Skills.

   

  We would like to say a big "Thank you" to parents and carers for their continued support.  We hope our students feel proud of their achievements, as we are so proud of them.

• Oakley Pupils Recycling helps Local Charity

  Tue 21 Jul 2020

  BREAKING NEWS! After almost a year and a half of collecting crisp packets, Oakley School has finally donated the collection to Karen McCully of Kentbabymatters.org

   

  Sue Hobbs, who leads our ECO committee "is incredibly proud of our School Community who have saved so much rubbish from the landfill, helped an important local charity and contributed towards our ECO schools Green Flag renewal project.”

   

  Karen McCully of Kentbabymatters.org said "A huge thank you" to all the pupils who have worked so hard to collect all these plastics which can now be recycled to raise much needed funds for PS Breastfeeding CIC.

   

  Well done and thank you everyone!

  

• The new Warburtons’ School Visitor Van is decorated by Oakley pupils

  Mon 22 Jun 2020
  The new Warburtons’ School Visitor Van has arrived AND it’s decorated with drawings from Oakley School and Oakley College – don’t they look amazing! Our pupils were asked to enter a picture into their competition and these winners were picked by the driving team at the local depot, so very well done as there were quite a few entries. The van does exactly what it says and takes the Warburtons‘ Team all over the area to schools who would benefit from a workshop on healthy eating. Warburtons have put on several of these for Oakley and we’ve got more plans in the pipeline. Thank you Warburtons!

  

• TWBC Support Oakley Pupils with their Travel Training

  Thu 11 Jun 2020
  Way back in September (seems a lifetime ago now), we wrote to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) to ask if they could improve the bus stop just outside the gates of the Tunbridge Wells site – thinking, in particular, about our pupils standing on a busy main road, in the rain, waiting for a bus, as part of their travel training and ‘skills for life and independence’. We didn't hear anything back and then yesterday, completely out of the blue, a bus shelter was installed! We did ask for a bench too, for our less mobile pupils, so have our fingers crossed that one might follow! Thank you @TWellsCouncil

  

• Oakley School celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week

  Fri 22 May 2020

  To celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week, the team in school reached out to all our pupils, colleagues and their families at home, to let them know that they are not alone and that we are all thinking of them and here to support if they need us. Wishing our whole School Community a good half term break, Stay Safe.

   

  Please click on the following video link: https://youtu.be/c0g_ZEsRyoM

  

• Oakley Pupils' Art Work on display in Pembury Hospital

  Tue 12 May 2020

  Oakley School was asked to support the Wingham Project – a project whereby grounded flight crews show the NHS frontline workers their support. They have set up an area in Pembury hospital’s canteen where NHS staff can go and relax during their shift. They are providing them with snacks and drinks but most of all a shoulder to cry on and a pair of ears to listen.

   

  We were asked if any of our pupils would like to paint a picture of a rainbow to display them all around the canteen to brighten the place up and cheer the wonderful front line staff on!

   

  Those pupils who were in week commencing 27th April did just that and attached is a photo of some of the art work on display, sent with thanks for our contribution. BBC news were filming this today so the children’s art work might even be on the TV this week!

  

• Oakley School VE Day - It’s good to talk

  Thu 07 May 2020
  This week’s Team in school have kept the mantle going and have made a wonderful video to say “Thank you to our heroes past and present. There is no need to feel alone. It's good to talk. Happy V E Day.  https://youtu.be/DX5Rvm46eIU

• Oakley School VE Day - It’s good to talk

  Thu 07 May 2020
  This week’s Team have kept the mantle going and have made a wonderful video to say “Thank you to our heroes past and present. There is no need to feel alone. It's good to talk. Happy V E Day”.  Just click on the following link to watch the video: https://youtu.be/DX5Rvm46eIU

  

• Oakley Mash Up

  Fri 01 May 2020

  Last week’s staff team started a little healthy and good humoured competition, and this week’s team picked up the mantle, making another amazing video for all our children and their families to enjoy.   https://youtu.be/sbafS6egn00