Educating young people is not just about providing students with the academic qualifications to succeed in the workplace. They need social skills to enable them to interact and communicate with a cross-section of society: people from different ethnic and economic backgrounds and different age ranges.
As an Academy, it is our responsibility to prepare our students for the real world of business and that is why we have implemented a vertical Family Group structure within Oasis Academy Coulsdon. Friendships are formed without the more traditional 'age-barriers' found in so many schools; 11 year olds realise that they have shared interests with 14 and 15 year olds. 15 and 16 year old students realise that they have so much knowledge to share with younger students that can help them succeed.
Our Academy reflects real life and, just like real families, we will never give up on our students, we will nurture them and watch them grow into responsible, caring citizens.
The newsletter to the right will explain our Family Groups in more details.
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