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Media Release From Oasis Oasis 'S SE1 Free School Application Is Approved by The Department For Education

Oasis Community Learning announced that its application to open a secondary Free School called Oasis Academy South Bank in Waterloo, London has been approved. The school will open in September 2013 with 120 Year 7 students and expand to include students aged 11-16. The approval makes Oasis Academy South Bank one of 102 new Free Schools approved. Local community members, politicians, and organizations supported the application. Oasis will now work to finalize a suitable site location for the new school.

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Media Release From Oasis Oasis 'S SE1 Free School Application Is Approved by The Department For Education

Oasis Community Learning announced that its application to open a secondary Free School called Oasis Academy South Bank in Waterloo, London has been approved. The school will open in September 2013 with 120 Year 7 students and expand to include students aged 11-16. The approval makes Oasis Academy South Bank one of 102 new Free Schools approved. Local community members, politicians, and organizations supported the application. Oasis will now work to finalize a suitable site location for the new school.

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13th July 2012 MEDIA RELEASE FROM OASIS Oasiss SE1 Free School Application is approved by the Department

for Education
Oasis Community Learning is delighted to announce that its application to open a secondary Free School in Waterloo has been approved by the Department for Education. The new school, to be called Oasis Academy South Bank, will open with an initial intake of 120 Year 7 students in September 2013. The Oasis Academy South Bank is one of 102 new Free Schools to be approved by the Department for Education. Following a public consultation earlier this year, the application was supported by over 300 members of the local community, as well as Kate Hoey MP, Peter Truesdale, Diana Braithwaite and Gavin Dodsworth Bishops Ward Councillors, Iain Tuckett - Group Director of Coin Street Community Builders, Kevin Spacey and Hugh Jenkinson of the Old Vic Theatre, Loretta Minghella, Director of Christian Aid, and many influential local community groups including WaCoCo and WCDG. The Oasis Academy South Bank will be for students aged 11-16 years, with four forms of entry, opening with an intake of 120 Year 7 students next September. It will cover the National Curriculum and prepare students for national tests and examinations at all levels. The school will be fully inclusive, accepting children irrespective of faith or ability. The Oasis Academy South Bank will help meet the anticipated shortfall of secondary places in the immediate area, and relieve pressure on other secondary schools in the south of the borough. Oasis will work with the London Borough of Lambeth to coordinate admissions for the school. Oasis is confident that it will be able to secure a suitable site in the area and will now move to finalise this. An announcement confirming the location of the school will be made shortly.

Open Evenings for the school for prospective Year 7 students and their families will be held at the Oasis Centre, 75 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7HS on: Tuesday 18th September 6pm-8pm Wednesday 17th October 6pm-8pm Steve Chalke, Oasis Founder said: I am thrilled that Oasis has been given the opportunity to open a brand new secondary school in Waterloo. For more than 30 years this has been something which local families have longed and hoped for. This marks the start of an exciting new chapter for the area as we work with many business and community partners to develop an innovative curriculum as well as a wide range of extra-curricular enriching activities for local young people. I would like to thank all those who have supported our proposal. Their support has made this possible. We look forward to working together as we move forward. ENDS 1

MEDIA RELEASE FROM OASIS Editors notes: 1. The school will now move to a pre-opening phase with the DFE; the final decision whether it can open will rest with the Secretary of State for Education. 2. Oasis Community Learning opened its first three academies in September 2007 in Enfield, Immingham and Grimsby, with six more Academies opening in September 2008: Oasis Academy John Williams and Oasis Academy Brightstowe (both in Bristol), and Oasis Academy MediaCityUK (Salford) and Oasis Academy Coulsdon (Croydon), as well as Oasis Academy Mayfield, and Oasis Academy Lords Hill in Southampton East and West respectively. A further two academies opened in September 2009: Oasis Academy Hadley (Enfield) and Oasis Academy Shirley Park (Croydon). Oasis Academy Oldham opened in September 2010. As of September 2011 Oasis Community Learning sponsors a total of fourteen academies with the opening of Oasis Academy Limeside and Johanna Primary School, Oasis Academy Waterloo. A number of new academies are in development and will join the group this September and in January 2013. 3. Oasis Community Learning is part of the family of Oasis charities. For more information about Oasis Community Learning go to: www.oasiscommunitylearning.org 4. Oasis Trust was established in 1985 and is now a group of charities working to deliver education, training, youth work, health care and housing in 10 countries around the world. 5. For further information on the Oasis Community School SE1 please contact: Lucia Glynn Tel. 07973 940779 [email protected] 6. Follow the progress of the new school on Twitter: @OasisSchoolSE1

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