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September 2015, which offers an exceptional education at the heart of the community. As part of Croydon’s Olympic legacy, the school has a particular focus on Sport and Science and is based adjacent to Croydon Arena Athletics track. A brand-new building housing state-of-the-art facilities including science laboratories, design and technology workshops, an auditorium, sports hall, studio and gym will be completed by September 2016.

Oasis Academy Arena is led by the team who have transformed education at Oasis Academy Shirley Park, an outstanding and oversubscribed secondary school. This close working partnership will ensure we are able to emulate the successful practices and systems already embedded at Shirley Park and build upon them to ensure Oasis Academy Arena is recognised by Ofsted as an Outstanding provider of education from the outset.

Students at Oasis Academy Arena in September 2016 will have the added benefit of being just the second cohort of students to occupy a school building with the capacity for five year groups, providing space and time to grow into their surroundings and the secondary school experience.

Your child will follow the national curriculum, commencing GCSE studies in Year 9, and will be supported and monitored closely by a team of academic and pastoral support staff, including Learning Coaches and Pastoral and Academic Leaders.

Oasis Academy Arena is fully inclusive. It is a non-selective school open to students of all religious faiths or those of no faith. We are fortunate to be a member of one of the largest academy groups in the country, Oasis UK, whose aim is to transform communities by supporting the lives of young people socially, emotionally, educationally, physically and environmentally.

As a new academy, the operational year groups are shown in the table below:

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Year 7 180 180 180 180 180 Year 8 180 180 180 180 Year 9 180 180 180 Year 10 180 180 Year 11 180

Supplementary Information Form (SIF)

The academy does not require completion of a Supplementary Information Form.

Oasis Academy Arena

Albert Road, South Norwood, London SE25 4QL

DfE school number: 306 2045

Executive Principal: Louise Lee / [email protected]

[ 020 8240 6700

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Y www.oasisacademyarena.org

Students: Secondary (age 11-16), Mixed Gender

Year 7 admission number: 180

Students on Roll: refer to below table

Open Evening: Wednesday 16 September 2015, 6pm – 8.30pm

Open Morning: Wednesday 30 September 2015, 9.15-10.15 am

Admissions criteria

The academy will consider all applications for places. Where fewer than the published admission number(s) for the relevant year groups are received, the academy will offer places to all those who have applied.

Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below.

After the admission of pupils with statements of special educational needs where the academy is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:

a) Looked-after children and previously looked-after children

Looked-after children are defined as children in public care at the date on which the application is made.

Previously looked-after children are children who were looked- after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order, immediately after being looked-after. If an application is made under the ‘looked-after’ criterion, it must be supported by a letter from the relevant local authority children’s services department and/or relevant documents.

If applying under the “previously looked-after children” criterion a copy of the adoption or special guardianship order must also be supplied.

b) Children whose sibling(s) currently attend the school and who will continue to do so on the date

of admission.

The term “sibling” means a full, half, adopted or fostered brother or sister. Sibling criteria may apply where, at the time of application, a sibling is expected to be on roll when the child starts at the academy. If the sibling unexpectedly leaves the academy after the offer has been made, the place must not be withdrawn on these grounds. The academy will request proof of relationship.

c) Children for whom the academy is appropriate on genuine medical grounds.

Such applications will be decided by the academy governing body or nominated panel. (Applications on medical grounds will only be considered under this criterion if they are supported by an attached written statement from a doctor. This must demonstrate that there is a very specific connection between the child’s medical need and the academy).

d) Distance: priority will be given to children living closest to the school as measured in a direct line from the home* address to the school

Distance will be measured in a straight line from the centre of the pupil’s main home to the designated main entrance, nominated by the school using the LA’s computerised measuring system with those living closer to the school receiving higher priority. For shared properties, e.g. flats, the centre will be taken from the centre of the building.

*Home is defined as the address where the child normally resides as their only or principal residence. Addresses involving child minders, business or relatives cannot be considered.

If false or misleading information is used to gain entry to the academy, the offer of a place will be withdrawn. Parents will be asked to provide documentary evidence to confirm an address and parental responsibility. The Local Authority should be notified of changes of address immediately.

Tiebreaker

In the event that the number of applications for places exceeds the number of places available after application of the admissions criteria, distance will be used to decide between applications. The tiebreaker of random allocation will be used when there are two or more applicants with the same distance than there are places remaining. The random allocation process is independently verified.

Admission of Children Outside of their Normal Age Group

Children are normally educated alongside others of their age group. In exceptional circumstances however, a parent/carer may request a place outside of their child’s normal age group. All applications requesting a child to be educated outside of their normal year group must include a detailed written explanation of why this is necessary, and where applicable provide recent professional evidence to support this. Decisions will be made on the basis of the circumstances of each case. Further details of how to make such a request are available from the Academy.

Waiting lists

Where in any year the academy receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate for at least one term after the admission date. This will be maintained by London Borough of Croydon for the first term and by the academy until the end of the academic year in which the application was made. It will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.

Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out above. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria.

Appeals

Parents/carers will have the right of appeal to an independent appeal panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission decision of the academy. The appeal panel will be independent of the academy. The arrangements for appeals will be in line with the School Admission Appeals Code published by the Department of Education.

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Since opening in September September 2008, Oasis Academy Coulsdon has seen a dramatic 47% increase in overall attainment levels. We were judged ‘Good’ in our most recent Ofsted inspection, March 2015.

Our vision statement

• We strive for excellence through a holistic educational journey that will transform the lives of every learner and the communities that we serve.

• As an Oasis Academy, we will be an outstanding, vibrant learning community that develops the skills required for an ever-changing world and a hunger for life-long learning.

• We are a loving family which has the highest

expectations and aspirations for all, working together to overcome barriers to success and fulfilment.

• We celebrate every person as a unique individual. Through our passion, commitment and innovation we nurture, challenge and guide learners to excel in a life of limitless potential.

We have high expectations for all in terms of academic achievement, attitude and appearance. Our strong ethos of inclusion and vertical family system of pastoral care provide students with an exceptional level of care, guidance and support. As part of their personal development programme students are required to complete four ‘Arcs of Achievement’– excel academically; participate fully in enrichment opportunities; be leaders and role models, present a professional and mature attitude to work at all times and contribute to the academy and wider community. In addition, our students are shown how to develop the character traits we believe are necessary for them to lead successful lives and become responsible citizens: grit, zest, aspiration, self-control and love. The opportunities we provide help our students grow into confident, resilient and well-rounded individuals. Ofsted Inspectors particularly praised our curriculum stating that: “The curriculum is good and its focus on developing students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding is excellent”.

It is recognised by Ofsted that “The academy prepares students very well for a life in modern democratic Britain”, and our highly qualified, committed staff know how to motivate and engage students. We are proud of all our students and want every one of them to fulfil their true potential and be outstanding.

An £18.7million investment programme has transformed the academy into a world-class teaching and learning centre and also provides extensive enrichment spaces for students and the local community.

The new building has been designed to meet the highest ecological and environmental specifications. Facilities include: new science laboratories and theory rooms including a science garden; food technology suite with high quality catering equipment; music suite and practice rooms; new sports complex including sports hall, floodlit, all- weather pitches, dance studio, gym and fitness suite; and a stunning communal agora at the very heart of the academy for lectures, assemblies, performances and exhibitions. ICT is used innovatively and creatively throughout the teaching and study areas to enhance the personalised learning culture.

Oasis Academies work to transform communities by promoting inclusion and confronting injustice in the UK and overseas with the aim of bringing transformation – socially, spiritually, emotionally, educationally, physically and environmentally – helping people live life to its fullest. Since 1985 Oasis has grown into an international family with people serving across five continents.

Supplementary Information Form (SIF)

A Supplementary Information Form is not required.

Enhanced Learning Provision (ELP)

Our academy has ELP for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). There are 5 places available within the ELP, which covers the full secondary age range, and these are allocated by Croydon’s special educational needs (SEN) team (please see page 24 in this prospectus which tells you more about the council’s SEN provision, and the process

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