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Oaklands School

I am very proud and privileged to be the Headteacher of Oaklands. I was recently honoured by her majesty the Queen in 2015 birthday honour list for services to education; Oaklands has played an important part in my honour.

We are:

• A comprehensive community school of 800 11 – 19 learners, and over 600 16 – 19 learners at Cambridge Heath Sixth Form, a joint Sixth Form with Morpeth and Swanlea Schools.
• A fully inclusive school with a wealth of opportunities for all learners to achieve their full potential.
• A high performing school which has learning, teaching and achievement as its central focus. In 2015 GCSE results, 72% of our students A*- C including English and Maths, compared to 53% nationally.
• A school with a strong international dimension and Full International Status.
• A school which serves the local community and promotes co-operation, responsibility and respect.
• Oaklands has been a specialist Science College since 2003 with many students studying triple science. Results are in the top 5% in the country.
• Oaklands became a Specialist School for Modern Foreign Languages in 2008. We were in the top centile for languages in 2013 and second centile in 2014.
• An extended school which offers out of hours learning and enrichment.  Oaklands has strong and supportive partnerships which includes Clare College Cambridge, Nomura and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Oaklands is very much a community school which reflects the local neighbourhood and the community of Tower Hamlets, working together in mutual respect and harmony. We are building upon 21 years of success and we believe the best is yet to come.

Patrice Canavan OBE MA NLE

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