Welcome to all of our new students.
Transition team
Our transition leader Mrs Jane Newnham has been working with our local primary schools to prepare students for moving on to secondary school. In July, your child will attend the induction day and meet their tutor. Your child’s tutor will be responsible for your child’s pastoral care. Mrs Newnham also works with our team of Assistant Heads of House. They provide pastoral support for all of our students.
- For enquiries about transition arrangements please contact Mrs Jane Newnham, Transition Coordinator [email protected].
- For enquiries/discussion about children with medical conditions please contact Mrs Polly McDonald [email protected].
- For all other enquiries, please contact [email protected]. Your message will be directed to a member of Oathall staff who is in the best position to help you.
Information
Parents of new year 7 students have been sent information packs in May. These contain forms and information about the transition process. Please refer to these if you are unsure about any of the arrangements for starting at Oathall.
In late August, we will contact you again with further information about the online systems we use for homework, timetables, school reports and our online payment system.
Equipment and Uniform
Students need to be prepared for lessons at all times. In the first week, we expect students to be equipped with pens, pencils and rulers held in a suitable pencil case. On the first day, students will be given a timetable and student handbook. During the following fortnight, students will be told by their subject teachers if they need any special equipment such as calculators and you will be given exercise books.
From then onwards, students need to make sure they have everything they need for lessons that day. This will include:
- Pens and pencils with other essential items in a suitable case
- Their timetable and student handbook
- Exercise books, files or textbooks (some teachers keep students’ exercise books in class)
- PE Kit (check if indoor or outdoor lesson)
- DT food ingredients if required
We recommend students check their timetables the night before to ensure they are prepared for the next day.
Uniform details can be found here.
Food and drink at school
Students are expected to remain in the college during break and lunch times. Students may bring their own food to eat or they may eat in the canteen. Students will be registered with a canteen account on their first day. Information about the canteen and how this works is included in your information pack. Online payment details will be sent out in late August.
Travel to school
We expect all of our students to travel to school using sustainable transport. Most students walk to school or arrive by school bus. Students should enter by the Washington Road footpath, the Albemarle Drive or the Appledore Garden entrance. There are no other entry points into the school.
We expressly ask parents not to drive onto the school site to drop off or collect students in the morning or after school. The vehicle access into Oathall is narrow and not designed to allow for a large number of vehicles to arrive and turn around at the same time. This entrance is used by the school buses which must take priority over other vehicle users. The narrow drive entrance is also located in a residential area and a build up of traffic at our entrance causes congestion and inconvenience to our neighbours. If you have to drop your child by car please drop them off or collect them at the Washington Road roundabout entrance where there is more space.
For evening events we allow parking on site.
