Autumn term home testing arrangements

24th August 2021J Godbolt

Thank you for your continued engagement in the Covid-19 testing programme.

Please continue to test twice weekly and report your child’s results even if your result is negative or void. Reporting results is easy. Go to report a COVID-19 lateral flow test result or call 119 free from a mobile or landline. Lines are open every day, 7am to 11pm. Support is offered in 200 languages as well as British Sign Language.

Please remember to continue to log your result using the school’s online form.  If you have not done so already you may wish to save or bookmark these links as favourites on your device in order to access them easily every time you need to report a result.  Please do not email the result to the school.

Testing twice weekly is helping us stay ahead of the virus by spotting new outbreaks quickly and plan our response. The preparations that schools and colleges are advised to take are subject to further public health advice and the latest position on prevalence of the COVID-19 virus.

Consent forms and privacy notices can be found here

Oathall Exam Results 2021

12th August 2021J Godbolt

Many congratulations to all Oathall Community College students who are receiving the results of their GCSEs and other qualifications today. Their outstanding outcomes have been achieved under the most extraordinarily difficult circumstances and truly reflect the commitment and hard work of the year group. This will ensure that students can progress onto the next stages of their education with confidence.

Following the cancellation of exams, grades were awarded through a process of teacher assessed grades, against a national standard and approved and awarded by the exam boards.

Oathall’s headteacher, Edward Rodriguez said:

Oathall students have again achieved very highly and they should be very proud of what they have accomplished. Their resolve and commitment to their studies under the most challenging circumstances is to be applauded.
Teachers have worked extraordinarily hard guiding their students to their highly successful outcomes alongside the tireless support from their parents.

The Cube challenge – the results are in!

2nd March 2021J Godbolt

The Cube house challenge week is now over. The response from students and the community has been brilliant with 245 entries from students, friends and families. it’s clear from the entry videos that there was a lot of fun had by everyone who took part.

The PE department is thrilled to announce that Voyager house were the outright winners with 179 successful entries. Well done to everyone who took part.

Oathall PE – The Cube challenge

10th February 2021J Godbolt

Starting on Monday 22 February, Oathall students and their families, as well as Oathall staff, are invited to participate in the Oathall PE department’s, ‘The Cube challenge’.

Each day, there will be a new challenge to complete. All the details including instructions and embedded links to videos can be found here. Participants will need to complete this short entry form and upload video evidence to demonstrate that they successfully completed the challenge. Anyone who is successful will be awarded points for their house. The house with the most points at the end of the week will be declared the winner. Good luck to everyone who takes part!

The Oathall PE team reserve to right to decide whether a participant has been successful in completing the challenge.

Oathall wins competition to name wind turbine!

8th December 2020J Godbolt

Rampion Offshore Wind Farm’s first operational turbine in the array off the Sussex coast will be named Veranzio Turbine.

Veranzio Turbine was the name put forward by Oathall’s Year 7 eco-club, EcOathall and which went on to win a public vote.

“We are delighted to have a really worthy name for the first operational turbine at Rampion and would like to thank everyone who suggested some fantastic names and all those who voted this week,” said Katie Scanlan, Rampion Visitor Centre Manager.

The team at Rampion Offshore Wind Farm’s Visitor Centre shortlisted 5 names for turbine F04, the first operational turbine installed in the array off the Sussex coast.  Oathall’s year 7 Eco club had its entry to name the turbine chosen & shortlisted for a public vote.

Fausto Veranzio was a Croatian inventor interested in science and engineering. He described one of the first-ever wind turbine designs in his book Machinae Novae published in 1616. He also wrote about solar and water energy; truly ahead of his time.

Geography teacher Mrs Lindsley said

“It’s fantastic that Oathall students have named Brighton’s first operational wind turbine in the array offshore. 953 votes were cast and ECOathall secured 70% of the vote. The wind farm technicians will put the name on the actual turbine in the spring when the weather conditions and accessibility is better. The students also are invited for a visit to the visitor centre and will each get a goody bag!

Thank you to everyone for supporting us, ECOathall members are over the moon – such a lovely end to a tumultuous year for them.”

At last! Welcome to our Year 7 students.

8th September 2020J Godbolt

We were so proud of all our new Year 7 students when they started at Oathall this September. They managed their first-day admirably even with all the new Covid-19 measures in place. They finally got to meet their new tutors in person and got to meet all the other students in their Houses.  And everybody got a chance to experience some lessons in English, Maths and Science. We are so pleased to finally meet you all.

House Championship winners

22nd July 2020J Godbolt

We are pleased to announce the 2019-2020 House Championship winners.

Credit cup winners – Pioneer
Attendance Cup winners – Pioneer
House Championship winners – Pioneer

Congratulations to everyone in Pioneer for this great achievement. Assistant Head of House, Mrs Corbett accepted the cup on behalf of the students in Pioneer at the end of the term.

 

The final end of year House scores were

Pioneer – 138

Voyager 125

Discovery – 104

Endeavour – 104

Under 14 County Cup Quarter Finalists

27th November 2019J Godbolt

Oathall’s Under 14 Girls Football team continued to show resilience, determination and grit to secure their place in the County Cup Quarter Finals making them one of the top 8 teams in Sussex.

The match against Claremont School was a gripping game with the score drawn at 2-2 at full time. Neither team was able to penetrate the defence in extra time and following a further 20 minutes of play, nothing could divide Oathall and Claremont teams. The match went to penalties with Oathall’s penalty takers and goalkeeper holding their nerve eventually winning the match 3 – 2. Congratulations to everyone who took part.

The team will now go on to play Cardinal Newman school in the Quarter finals.

Chatting and crafting in the community

6th November 2019J Godbolt

Students at Oathall have just attended their first session at Compton House care home in Lindfield. Our students volunteered to spend time with the residents helping them to colour and write messages on poppies for a Remembrance day project in the home. Our student volunteers are ideally placed to give the residents an opportunity to chat and socialise with younger people from the community.

Miss Murray, who organised the session said

The group were fantastic and were really natural with the residents. They were so helpful and lovely with the residents, it was great to see. We are hoping to make this a regular event.

Students celebrate excellent GCSE results

22nd August 2019J Godbolt

Congratulations to Oathall students who are celebrating their excellent GCSE results. Students have seen impressive outcomes across all areas of the curriculum.

In English, 73% of students achieved a grade 4 or above whilst in mathematics 67% of students achieved a grade 4 or higher. In science, 75% of students achieved 2 good science GCSE passes.

There were some exceptional individual performances with more than 11% of the cohort achieving 7 or more passes at grades 7, 8 or 9. Moreover, 23% of all grades awarded were 7 or higher.

Students of all abilities have excelled and achieved results of which they should be very proud. It is clear that their progress and attainment is significantly positive.

Headteacher, Edward Rodriguez said,
“I would like to congratulate all students and staff. The fact that so many of our students have reached their full potential, with others exceeding expectations, is testament to their hard work and commitment.”