Oakgrove School
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Oakgrove School is a specialist
Humanities College
in the Middleton district of south-east Milton Keynes
.
Oakgrove School opened in September 2005 with slightly more than 300 students, and currently has over 1000 students on roll in Years 7-12 due to the opening of the £15 million Sixth Form Centre in September 2009.
The school has had one OFSTED
report scoring ‘outstanding’ or ‘good’ in every aspect. The school has been visited by many celebrities, such as Fearne Cotton
, The Scary Guy
, and Honey Ryder.
The school is now in the process of converting to academy status.
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
Humanities College
Humanities College
Humanities Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, humanities. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Humanities...
in the Middleton district of south-east Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
.
Oakgrove School opened in September 2005 with slightly more than 300 students, and currently has over 1000 students on roll in Years 7-12 due to the opening of the £15 million Sixth Form Centre in September 2009.
The school has had one OFSTED
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
report scoring ‘outstanding’ or ‘good’ in every aspect. The school has been visited by many celebrities, such as Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton is an English television and radio presenter who is known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon. In 2007, she became the first regular female presenter of BBC Radio 1's Chart Show...
, The Scary Guy
The Scary Guy
The Scary Guy is a United States based motivational speaker who campaigns worldwide to eliminate hate, violence, prejudice and bullying in schools and corporations...
, and Honey Ryder.
The school is now in the process of converting to academy status.
Notable alumni
- Jeffrey SchluppJeffrey SchluppJeffrey Schlupp is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for English club Leicester City and the Ghana national team as a striker. He holds a Ghanaian passport, a British passport and a German passport.-Early life:...
, who currently plays for Leicester CityLeicester City F.C.Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
.