Oaks Park High School

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Oaks Park High School
Motto Learning together, achieving together
Established 2001
Type comprehensive community school
Headteacher Mr S J Wilks
Specialism Music Maths
Location Newbury Park
Ilford
Essex
England
LEA Redbridge
Ofsted number 133405
Staff 80 (approx.)
Students 1,138
Gender Co-education
Ages 11 to 18
Website Oaks Park High School Website

Oaks Park High School (OPHS) is a comprehensive secondary school and sixth form situated in the London Borough of Redbridge in East London and has around 2000 students and over 80 staff. As of 2008 the school has reached full capacity.

The school is currently on loan from a building society for 25 years, it was built on the grounds of an abandoned park. Oaks Park is a specialist music college and their current GCSE result is marginally above the national average in England.

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[edit] Staff

The school currently employs over 80 staff whose jobs range from senior management to teaching assistants. This is the most up to date list of staff who work at OPHS.[1]:

Senior Management Team

  • Headteacher Mr. S.J. Wilks
  • Deputy Headteacher Mr. D. Dutch
  • Deputy Headteacher Ms. L. Gleeson
  • Assistant Headteacher Mr. J. Hawthorne
  • Deputy Headteacher Mr. Wyre
  • Assistant Headteacher Mr. Hill

Academic Teams

  • Head of Year 7 Mr. C. Foster
  • Head of Year 8 Mr. D. Cullen
  • Head of Year 9 Mr. S. Ritchie
  • Head of Year 10 Mrs Y. Corton
  • Head of Year 11 Ms. S. Kember
  • Head of Sixth Form Mrs. R. Hill

Team Leaders

  • Team Leader for Art Ms. M. Allum
  • Team Leader for Business Studies Ms. P. Bailey
  • Team Leader for Citizenship/PSHE Mrs. M. Dutch
  • Manager for Curriculum Access Mr. M Ellison
  • Team Leader for Design & Technology Mr. D. Oliver
  • Team Leader for English Mrs. A Day
  • Team Leader for Humanities Ms. D Freeman
  • Coordinator for ICT Mr. P. Rees
  • Team Leader for Mathematics Mr. S. Froggatt
  • Team Leader for Modern Languages Mr. A Hayes
  • Team Leader for Performing Arts Mrs. J. Purton
  • Team Leader for P.E. Ms. L Petrie
  • Team Leader for Science Mr. M. Smith
  • Head of Language Support (M.E.A.S.) Ms. F. Zossimova
  • Director of Specialism Ms. S McGuigen

Support Staff

  • P.A. to Headteacher/Office Manager Mrs. J. Sedin
  • Sixth Form secretary Mrs. P. Sumray
  • Data Manager Miss. D. Ford
  • Receptionist/Clerical Assistant Mrs. A. Green
  • Receptionist/Clerical Assistant Ms. J. Morales
  • Business and Finance Manager Ms. A Giardelli
  • Finance Officer Mrs. L. Cutmore
  • Welfare Officer Mrs. K. Burns
  • Careers/Student Support Officer Mrs. D. Lester
  • ICT Network Manager Mr. I. Burridge
  • Learning Resource Centre Manager (Library) Mrs. L. Hayes
  • Pastoral Support Assistant (for Year 7) Ms. N. Mitchell
  • Pastoral Support Assistant (for Year 8) Mrs. K. Bellingham
  • Pastoral Support Assistant (for Year 9) Ms. J. Matharu
  • Pastoral Support Assistant (for Year 10) Mrs. M. Scanlan
  • Pastoral Support Assistant (for Year 11) Mrs. E. Green

[edit] Uniform

The school is recognised in its local area for its distinctive green blazers and colourful yellow and green ties. The colour scheme of the uniform was decided to be this colour in order to correspond the school to the preservation of the environment, and also to make the students look distinctive and easy to recognise.

The normal Oaks Park uniform consists of the following:[2]

  • Green Blazer and school badge
  • School tie – green and gold stripes
  • Black V-neck jersey (optional)
  • White shirt with collar
  • Box pleat black skirt (sensible length)
  • Loose fitting black school trousers (classic style)
  • Low heeled black shoes.
  • Headscarves must be dark green or black.

The current PE kit of the school is the following:[3]

BOYS – Indoor

  • White polo shirt with school logo
  • Black football shorts with logo
  • White ankle socks
  • Trainers

BOYS – Outdoor

  • Green reversible rugby shirt with school logo
  • Black football shorts
  • Plain black jogging bottoms (optional – but must have school logo)
  • Green football socks
  • Football boots
  • Green long sleeved sweatshirt with logo (optional)

GIRLS – Indoor

  • White polo shirt with logo
  • Black shorts with logo
  • White ankle socks
  • Trainers

GIRLS – Outdoor

  • White polo shirt with logo
  • Green long sleeved sweatshirt with logo (optional)
  • Plain black jogging bottoms (with logo)
  • Trainers

[edit] Subjects

Oaks Park offers a variety of subjects from year 7 to 9 - this increases at GCSE level, and again at A-levels.[citation needed]

Pre-GCSE

GCSE

AS, A2

[edit] Sixth Form

At the beginning of the school year in 2008 the Oaks Park High School Sixth Form reached it's full capacity of two year groups. Being a newly founded sixth form college without a substantial reputation such as that of rival sixth forms, such as Ilford County High School or Seven Kings High School, Oaks Park Sixth Form has received a lack of interest from students looking for a sixth form[citation needed]. Setback for the school include the head of sixth form going on maternity leave during its first year which caused internal problems. Senior management is currently looking into ways to improve the sixth form's reputation and results in order to make it a more attractive prospect to students leaving school at the end of year 11 who are looking for a sixth form college.

[edit] Sports

The Oaks Park High school Physical Education department has a wide range of sports which students there can study at different levels. P.E. is compulsory and as a result the school has developed a reputation sporting aptitude, which has also resulted in the school winning a number of sporting titles against rivaling schools.

The main two sports offered at OPHS are Football and Basketball with most of the facilities geared towards this. However, there are also facilities for a large number of sports which include:

The school also has a well equipped gymnasium containing up to date exercise machines such as treadmills and weights machines.

[edit] Achievements

On 28th April 2007 Oaks Park's Year 7 football team won the London cup 3-2 beating Cardinal Pole RC (Hackney), winning their first major trophy in 6 years.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oaks Park Staff List, [1]
  2. ^ Uniform [2]
  3. ^ PE Kit [3]

[edit] External links