Oasis Academy Shirley Park

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Oasis Academy Shirley Park
OA Shirley Park Logo.png
Address
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Shirley Road

Croydon
,
Greater London
,
CR9 7AL

England
Coordinates51°22′59″N 0°03′47″W / 51.38305°N 0.06315°W / 51.38305; -0.06315Coordinates: 51°22′59″N 0°03′47″W / 51.38305°N 0.06315°W / 51.38305; -0.06315
Information
TypeAcademy
TrustOasis Community Learning
Department for Education URN135968 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalSaqib Chaudhri (secondary & sixth form) Joanne Botley (primary)
GenderMixed
Age4 to 19
Enrolment1,682
Websitewww.oasisacademyshirleypark.org

Oasis Academy Shirley Park (formerly Ashburton Community School) is a mixed all-through school located within the Ashburton Learning Village complex in the Woodside area of Croydon, Greater London, England.

The school educates children of primary and secondary school age, and also has a sixth form. It is based on three sites: Shirley Road, Long Lane, Stroud Green. Originally two schools, Ashburton Secondary Modern Boys and Ashburton Secondary Modern Girls, which merged in 1971 to become Ashburton High School. At a later date, the school became Ashburton Community School and became an Academy in 2009 and was renamed Oasis Academy Shirley Park. The school is sponsored by the Oasis Trust.

The academy has a partnership with local English Premier League-club Crystal Palace dating back to the former Community School. Former Shrewsbury Town winger Austin Berkley teaches at the Academy.

Description[]

Oasis Academy Shirley Park is part of the Oasis Community Learning group, and evangelical Christian charity [1] Three quarters of the trust’s academies operate in the UK’s most deprived areas, with most rated by Ofsted as failing at the time they were taken over. The trust have guided forty schools out of special measures. 19 per cent of the 52 Oasis academies classified as failing. [2] The trust's founder Reverend Steve Chalke says "Turning round a school is sometimes a quick fix, it really, truly is".[2] Oasis Academy Shirley Park was judged an outstanding school in 2013 and again in 2018 it was a good school but with potential to speedily become outstanding again. [3]

Ethos and the 9 habits[]

Oasis Academy Shirley Park, like each academy in the Oasis Community Learning group adopts the Oasis ethos and students and staff are encouraged to align themselves to these values. They are open about these being rooted in protestant Christian teaching, but encourage students to celebrate the richness of their own faiths.[4] It aims to

  • be inclusive
  • to treat people equally while respecting differences
  • be committed to healthy, open relationships
  • show hope that things can change and be transformed
  • persevere and to keep going [4]

The Oasis 9 Habits are the bespoke and unique approach to character development. These are promoted within the school, and provide the pupils with a benchmark for behaviour.

  • compassionate, patient, humble
  • joyful, honest, hopeful
  • considerate, forgiving and self-controlled[4]

Curriculum[]

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the National Curriculum, and there success is judged on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'.[5] Schools endeavour to get all students to achieve the English Baccalaureate(EBACC) qualification- this must include core subjects a modern or ancient foreign language, and either History or Geography.

The academy operates a three-year, Key Stage 3 where all the core National Curriculum subjects are taught. This is a transition period from primary to secondary education, that builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding gained at primary school, and introduces youngsters who are starting from a lower than average base to wider, robust and challenging programmes of study needed to gain qualifications at Key Stage 4.

At Key Stage 4 the focus is on the EBACC, and there are daily Maths, English and Science lessons- plus some options. Spanish is the taught Modern Language. [6]

EYFS Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2[]

This is an all through school where the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) provides stimulating environments where 3yr and 4yr olds can play, explore, experiment, develop confidence, be curiosity to learn through play. The primary section- is equivalent to a Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, or a Primary School. The academy takes its ethos and its 9 habits and applies these to these younger pupils. Key Stage 1 is about accustomising the children to the practices of the classroom, number bonds and phonics. The National Curriculum defines a broad list of subjects that should be taught by means of broad topics. Here:

Mathematics
English
Science
PE - including Swimming
Art
Computing
Dance
Design Technology
Drama
Spanish (KS2)
Geography
History
Music
Personal, Social Citizenship and Health Education (PSCHE)
Religious Education
Philosophy for Children (P4C)
Peer Massage
Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) [7]

The revision of 2014, made the English syllabus concentrate on formal grammar, this is all tested by Key Stage 2 SATs. This is alleged to prepare the student to subject oriented Key Stage 3, and is inspected by Ofsted, but remains controversial.


Notable former pupils[]

Ashburton Community School[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Oasis Community Learning, registered charity no. 1109288". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Oasis leader on his vision for country's first secure school". Schools Week. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Ofsted Section 5 Report 2018". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Oasis Ethos and Habits -". www.oasisacademyshirleypark.org.
  5. ^ Roberts, Nerys. "The school curriculum in England Parliamentary Briefing Paper" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Our Curriculum -". www.oasisacademyshirleypark.org. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Curriculum - Oasis Academy: Master". www.oasisacademyshirleypark.org. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

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