Features of our School

We are very proud of our School and are pleased to be able to introduce it to our current and prospective families. By choosing Oaklands School, you are choosing a School with strong traditions, values and morals. These are a selection of our features:

• We are a small local family school with approximately 240 pupils
• We pride ourselves on the friendly, family atmosphere that can be seen across all ages
• We have small class sizes with a high pupil to adult ratio
• All of our classrooms are well equipped with the latest in teaching resources
• Our well-qualified teachers base the education of our pupils not only on academic results, but also on their spiritual, moral and ethical learning
• The School is equipped with an ICT suite comprising the latest in multi-media technology, an ADSL super-fast Internet line and the most up-to-date software
• We encourage strong parent-school relationships and are fortunate to have a very active Parents' Association.

School Site

The School is pleasantly situated in a large early Victorian house in some 10 acres on the edge of Epping Forest.  Over the years further additions to teaching areas have been made to enhance our teaching facilities.  In 2001 two large classrooms with additional peripatetic music rooms were added and in 2004 a new Music, Art and Design Technology studio was opened.

This academic year there will be a major reorganisation of space as our administration , library and Lower Kindergarten will be reorganised and rehoused into larger and improved accommodation.

Every day children play on our Astroturfed playground and there are two large fields available for sporting activities or general play.  The oak tree of the school badge stands in the main field, near a rubberised adventure playground, which makes an ideal setting for children to play during the summer months.  A large pond provides wild life for nature study.

Parents are encouraged to wait around the rockeries and lawns when collecting their children at the end of school.  Children across all age ranges are encouraged to use the gardens and allotments to grow flowers, fruit and vegetables at times during the year.