Oak Lodge School

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Oak Lodge School is a special academy, formerly maintained by the London Borough of Barnet, but now managed by Barnet Special Education Trust, whose registered office is at the school address.
Oak Lodge School is a converter Special Academy managed by Barnet Special Education Trust that offers places for up to 185 students aged 11-19 with a range of learning difficulties. We also operate a 12 place Post-19 provision in partnership with Barnet & Southgate College on a separate site. The quality of our Autism practice is recognized by the accreditation mark of the National Autistic Society and we have been judged ‘Outstanding’ in both of our most recent OFSTED inspections. A copy of our inspection report is available from the school or our website.
The school site is highly accessible and able to include young people with physical disabilities in all its learning. We believe we are a school where ‘Every Child Matters’ and work hard to ensure that all members of the school feel safe and acquire high levels of self-esteem. Students can expect to follow a curriculum relevant to their needs, with increased opportunities for the development of social skills. Staff is committed to providing the best possible education for all assessing each individual’s level of development and enabling them to make progress at their own pace to fulfill their unique potential.
We aim to prepare students to leave school as confident and self-reliant individuals. We believe passionately that all students should have the right to access learning at a level and in a setting appropriate to their needs that will enable them to enjoy and achieve. We hope through our practice to develop enjoyment and commitment to learning and achieving. We encourage and stimulate the best possible progress and attainment, We Equip students with literacy, numeracy, and communication skills, and the ability to enquire and make connections across different areas of learning build on strengths and interests, develop confidence and the capacity to learn both independently and collaboratively.
We develop students’ sense of identity through knowledge and understanding of our shared and diverse spiritual, moral, social, and cultural heritage and promote physical development and encourage the pursuit of safe and healthy lifestyles. Unable students with physical disabilities to understand and manage their condition to enjoy the best possible quality of life. We develop students’ capacity to build positive relationships based on mutual respect for themselves and others.
Classroom staff will work together with the school counselor, pastoral manager, and senior leaders, linking with families and multidisciplinary support services, to provide the best possible guidance and support for the students in our care. To enable consistent, personalized behavior strategies for students as they develop cognitively, emotionally, and socially, all students will have a Personalised Learning Plan. This informs individualized approaches and provides all staff with key background information and strategies to reduce anxiety and support learning.
We are committed to providing a caring, supportive and enjoyable environment for each individual within the school community, ensuring equal opportunity for all, regardless of age, ethnic origin, gender, sexuality, disability, or individual disadvantage. We strive to manage classes in a way that promotes a positive, supportive and secure environment based on a sense of community and shared values, in which self-discipline, controlled behavior, and mutual respect are sustained by sound relationships between staff, students, and parents.

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