Oaklands Catholic School
| Oaklands Catholic School | |
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| Address | |
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Stakes Hill Road , PO7 7BW | |
| Coordinates | 50°52′06″N 1°01′18″W / 50.86836°N 1.02158°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | United by the Cross |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1966 |
| Local authority | Hampshire |
| Specialist | Humanities College |
| Department for Education URN | 137345 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | Andrew Hastilow |
| Headteacher | Matthew Quinn[1] |
| Staff | >200 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 19 |
| Enrolment | 1400 |
| Houses | St Catherine St Clare St Dominic St Margaret St Martin St Stephen St Teresa St Vincent |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue |
| Publication | Oaklands News |
| Website | https://www.oaklandscatholicschool.org/ |
Oaklands Roman Catholic Comprehensive School and Sixth Form College is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form college with academy status located in Waterlooville, Hampshire.[2] It opened in 1966, although its history can be traced back to 1902.[3] Around 1400 students attend the main school with over 150 in the sixth form college. It has been a Specialist Humanities College since 2005. The school had a "Good" Ofsted report in 2017 and were accredited with "many outstanding features".[4]
History
[edit]Oaklands was established in Southsea as a convent school for girls (The Convent of The Cross) in 1902 by the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth William Timothy Cotter with a group of Sisters of the Cross and Passion from Boscombe, Bournemouth.[3] The school moved into the Oaklands estate in 1947. It had previously belonged to General Sir Charles James Napier and consisted of the land around the White House up to Purbrook Way in addition to several servant houses along Stakes Hill Road.[3]
In 1959, the younger students moved into their own school which later became known as St Peter’s Catholic Primary School.[3] The Convent of The Cross and St Teresa’s Portsmouth Catholic Grammar merged into Oaklands Convent School in 1966.[3] In 1971, due to an urgent need for Catholic school places for both boys and girls, it became a voluntary-aided co-educational comprehensive school.[3]
Buildings
[edit]The school is made up of eight houses and consists of seven different blocks, separated into different subject groups. Three new blocks were developed (Music, Humanities, sixth form) during an extensive site improvement programme; each of these were built incorporating a Christian cross in different coloured bricks. In 2012, a major refurbishment of the Maths/Science blocks was also undertaken.[1]
Uniform
[edit]The school uniform was redesigned for the September 2009 academic year; the expense of the uniform caused criticism.[5] A press release was issued claiming that many of the facts published by newspaper articles were incorrect, and that due to the controversy, the school would start a cheaper uniform shop.[6]
Alumni
[edit]- Baroness Louise Casey, Crossbench peer and former British government official,[7] attended Oaklands between 1976 and 1983.[8] In 2024, Casey was touted by Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer for a ministerial role in a future government.[9]
- Jonathan Cruddas, elected in 2010 as the Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham, having been elected in 2001 for the preceding Dagenham constituency.[10] In 2022, Cruddas announced his intention to retire from Parliament at the 2024 general election.[11]
- Baroness Caroline Dinenage, daughter of television presenter Fred Dinenage,[12] elected in 2010 as the Conservative MP for Gosport.[13][14] Dinenage was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2022 Political Honours.[15]
- Penny Mordaunt, elected in 2010 as the Conservative MP for Portsmouth North.[16] Served as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons from 2022 until 2024. Also ran twice for the Conservative party leadership in July–September and October 2022.[17] Formerly Secretary of State for Defence, the first woman to hold the post.[18]
- James Ward-Prowse, central midfielder for Premier League club Nottingham Forest, England national football team player, former West Ham player and Southampton team captain.[19]
- Rosie and Nicola Dempsey, British comedy act Flo & Joan.[20] In 2018, they were featured in a Nationwide building society television advert.[21] They released an Amazon Prime Video special, Alive on Stage, based on their Edinburgh Fringe show in 2019.[22][23]
- Martin Montague, an entrepreneur who created the ClearWaste app to address fly-tipping; users can report rubbish to their local council.[24][25][26]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Oaklands News" (PDF). Oaklands Catholic School. September 2013. p. 3.
- ^ "BBC NEWS - Education - League Tables - Performance results for Oaklands Catholic School". news.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "History of the School". Oaklands Catholic School.
- ^ "Find an inspection report". Ofsted.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin (17 August 2009). "Comprehensive defends new school uniform costing nearly £100". Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "School News & Activities". Oaklands School. Press Release Uniform. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ^ Adams, Tim (20 August 2023). "Louise Casey: 'We need a change of government. This lot are spent'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Casey of Blackstock". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U250526. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Wright, Oliver (15 May 2024). "Sir Keir Starmer lining up Baroness Casey for ministerial role". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Watt, Nicholas (17 May 2012). "Jon Cruddas: the philosopher at the heart of Labour's policy planning". The Guardian. London, UK. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Exclusive: Labour must make "wider argument" about economy, Cruddas says". 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Dinenage to succeed duck house MP as Tory candidate". BBC News. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "Dame Caroline Dinenage". UK Parliament.
- ^ "Caroline Dinenage MP". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Political Honours conferred: January 2022". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "Mordaunt, Rt Hon. Penelope Mary, (Rt Hon. Penny), (born 4 March 1973), PC 2017; MP (C) Portsmouth North, since 2010; Minister of State, Department for International Trade, since 2021". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u251190. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Penny Mordaunt profile". conservatives.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Who is Penny Mordaunt?". 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Southampton's golden boy – but James Ward-Prowse's heart remains in Portsmouth". Portsmouth News. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Stanley, Megan (16 May 2022). "The musical comedy duo you didn't know grew up in Hampshire". hampshirelive. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Lindsay, Jessica (29 January 2018). "Who are the Nationwide advert sisters, Flo and Joan?". Metro.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Donaldson, Brian (5 April 2020). "Laugh your way through coronavirus lockdown: Try these comedies for size". The Courier. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Maxwell, Dominic (23 August 2019). "Flo & Joan review — on‑song sisters can up schtick and shine". TheTimes.co.uk. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "A businessman who got bored of waiting for the government to reduce fly-tipping has created a new app to combat the problem". East London and West Essex Guardian Series.
- ^ "Man spends £300k of own money in personal war against fly-tipping". Evening Standard. 24 August 2019.
- ^ "'I'm not ashamed of where I grew up'". The News (Portsmouth).
