Established 2008 Principal Phil Humphreys Colours Red Blue Number of students 900 | Type Academy Ages 11–16 Phone +44 23 8032 8128 Founded 2008 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Location The Grove (pedestrian entrance)
Ashley Crescent (vehicle entrance)
Southampton
Hampshire
SO19 9NA
England Address Ashley Crescent, Southampton SO19 9NA, UK Motto Dream it, Believe it, Achieve it. Similar Wildern School, Bitterne Park School, Cantell School, The Hamble School, Brookfield Community School Profiles | ||
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Oasis Academy Mayfield is a city academy in Southampton, England, run by Oasis Community Learning (a foundation established by the Oasis Trust) with approximately 900 pupils.
The Academy was established in 2008, when two local secondary schools merged; Woolston School Language College in Porchester Road, Woolston, and Grove Park Business and Enterprise College in the Grove, Weston. Due to the number of combined students, the Academy initially operated as a split site with the Key Stage 3 students (Years 7, 8 & 9) being taught at The Grove and Key Stage 4 students (Years 10 & 11) being taught at Porchester Road.
In the early months of forming a new Academy, both students and staff faced a number of challenges as they adjusted to teaching and learning across the split site. Following a meeting between parents and local MP, John Denham, acting Head Ruth Johnson was replaced by John Toland on 24 November 2008, who officially took up the post of Principal on 2 March 2009.
On 21 February 2012, students and staff moved into their new £15 million state-of-the-art building which was officially opened by the Mayor and Mayoress of Southampton. Their most recent Ofsted rated the Academy good in all categories [1]. Ofsted said about Oasis Academy Mayfield, ‘The school’s work to support the local community is particularly impressive and embodies the Oasis Community Learning Trust’s objective of ‘transforming communities’. Through the work of ‘the Hub’ , senior leaders and the school council oversee a wide range of highly effective community enrichment projects including youth centres, social workers to support local families, enterprise challenges, a community allotment, local church activities and charity fundraising. The school is rightly proud of this work and it significantly enriches and extends learning’.