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Oasis Academy Hadley

Oasis Academy Hadley
Address
Map
South Street

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EN3 4PX

Coordinates51°38′31″N 0°02′16″W / 51.642022°N 0.037690°W / 51.642022; -0.037690
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoLearning and Living in Harmony
Established7 September 2009
Local authorityEnfield
SpecialistMaths
ICT
Music
Department for Education URN135958 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalZoe Thompson
GenderCoeducational
Age3 to 18
HousesSugar
Gates
Somerville
Pascal
Wonder
Lennox
Colour(s)Gold   Blue  
Websitehttp://www.oasisacademyhadley.org/

Oasis Academy Hadley is an all-through academy school in the Ponders End area of the London Borough of Enfield, England, run by Oasis Community Learning. It is the second Oasis academy in London and has close links with Oasis Academy Enfield.[1] It opened on 7 September 2009. It opened in the existing buildings of Albany School and the Primary Phase opened its reception class in September 2010.[2] Mid January 2013, the new building in Ponders End was opened.

Description

Oasis Academy Enfield is part of the Oasis Community Learning group, an evangelical Christian charity.[3] The trust have guided forty schools out of special measures. 19 per cent of the 52 Oasis academies classified as failing.[4]

Governance

On becoming an Oasis academy, a local board of management provided by the regional hub, while the strategic management is performed centrally by the Oasis Community Learning, in Lambeth. Hadley was the second secondary academy to open in London.

Oasis has a long-term strategy for enhancing the performance of its schools. It has devised a standard curriculum, that each local board can safely adopt knowing it will deliver the National Curriculum. It has invested in staff training so they are focused on improving the outcomes for the students. IN 2021, through its Horizons scheme it is providing each member of staff and student with a tablet.[5]

Oasis Academy Hadley is named after mathematician John Hadley, who lived in the area..[6]

Albany School

Oasis Academy Hadley replaced Albany School which opened in 1939. The school opened as separate boys' and girls' schools on the same site. It was opened as a co-educational secondary modern school in 1999, and in 2000 was converted to a comprehensive school.[7] In 2008 became a specialist Business and Enterprise college. In July 2009, the school celebrated its 70th anniversary and later that month closed.

Buildings

The school was built on the site of the Ponders End gas-works.[8]

Notable Alumni

Luis Fernandez - Footballer for Eastleigh FC

References

  1. ^ "Second Oasis Academy opens in Enfield (From This Is Local London)". Thisislocallondon.co.uk. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  2. ^ "About Us". Oasis Academy Hadley. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Oasis Community Learning, registered charity no. 1109288". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  4. ^ "Oasis leader on his vision for country's first secure school". Schools Week. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Oasis Horizons - Oasis Academy Hadley". www.oasisacademyhadley.org. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. ^ "News - Mathematician has his name on the door of new Academy". Oasis Academy Hadley. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  7. ^ A P Baggs; Diane K Bolton; Eileen P Scarff; G C Tyack (1976). T F T Baker; R B Pugh (eds.). "'Enfield: Education', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 253–257". British History Online. University of London & History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
  8. ^ "Ponders End Gas Works Case Study" (PDF). www.nationalgrid.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021.