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A Brilliant First Week In Our New Early Years Village
14th September 2022How exciting that our first week back at Oakfields has also been the opening of our brand-new Early Years Village. The children have settled into their new surroundings very quickly and have really enjoyed coming into their new space. In Nursery, we have had so much fun using all the new resources and being able to move around our brand-new building. One of the children's
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Oakfields Prep School confirmed ‘Excellent’ in all areas in recent ISI inspection
10th May 2022Oakfields Prep School is delighted to announce they have been rated Excellent in all categories in their recent inspection conducted by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, ISI is appointed by the Department for Education to inspect association independent schools in England. The inspection team observed over 50 lessons and interviewed pupils and staff on areas including safeguarding, health and safety and academic progress and attainment. Parents,
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Young Voices 2022
26th April 2022After many rehearsals and lots of waiting, the day finally arrived. Monday 25th April was …… YOUNG VOICES 2022. The choir set off after lunch and quickly reached the 02 by coach. After queuing amongst many other school groups, we were finally allowed in and reached our seats – our base for the next several hours. And what fantastic seats they were. They were close
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Food for Life Served Here: We've been accredited!
21st February 2021Did you know that our school meals are award-winning? Our freshly prepared, healthy meals have been accredited by the Soil Association through a Food for Life Served Here Bronze Award. This means that we’re committed to serving school lunches that will help children reach their five a day. What’s more, all ingredients used in meals are free from additives, artificial trans fats and GMOs, and
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Wonderful Results from our Annual Parent Survey
15th February 2021I have been overwhelmed by the kind comments that we have received via the voice of the parent survey. To date, this is by far the most positive survey result since I became the Headteacher of Oakfields four years ago. Here is a small selection of your lovely, supportive comments – thank you! "My child has come on amazingly since being at Oakfields. She is
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New 1-to-1 Devices for all of our KS2 pupils
6th November 2020This week KS2 pupils all received new laptops as part of Cognita’s 1-to-1 Device Programme. This new programme allows learning to continue and gives the best possible resilience against disruption to education. The laptops are touchscreen, include a digital pen, and have all-day battery life. When I joined Oakields in 2017, one of the first things I wanted to improve was the resourcing of computing
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Oakfields alumni gets her work published
6th March 2020OAKFIELDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL /YEAR 6 BECOME PUBLISHED AUTHORS AS PART OF GLOBAL STORY WRITING INITIATIVE Upminster, 6 March 2020: Students from Oakfields can see their work published from the 5th March as part of a global project involving over 50 Cognita schools in Asia, Europe and Latin America. Hundreds of children have collaborated to create Lyla, Louis and the Magic Lift - a unique and
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Oakfields Celebrates Global Be Well Day
2nd October 2019Oakfields is a part of a wider community of schools across several countries under the umbrella of Cognita Schools Ltd. On Friday, September 27 we had a brilliant 'Global Be Well' event. Students at our school joined 45,000 children and young people around the world in putting the spotlight on why mental and physical well-being is the critical foundation of educational success. The day was
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Interview with Mrs Katrina Carroll BEd, the Headteacher at Oakfields Montessori School, Upminster
16th August 2017Our journalist recently sat down with the latest member of our Oakfields family, Mrs Katrina Carroll to discuss her vision {...}
