Oasis Community Learning is a subsidiary charity formed by Oasis Trust as an umbrella group to govern the Oasis Academies which are secondary schools classed as academies. The first three academies in Enfield Lock, Grimsby and Immingham, opened in September 2007, with six more, two in Bristol, two in Southampton, two in Croydon and one in Salford, that opened in September 2008. Other academies in Enfield Highway and Croydon opened in September 2009. Oasis have continued to open further academies around the country and as of the end of 2011 now runs 14 schools.
In August 2010, Oasis began its first private school in the upper-market Bristol suburb of Westbury-on-Trym. The Bristol City Council bought the site and Oasis were given a one year lease. It was part of a rescue deal to save the St. Ursula's School which was on the site but went into administration with a debt of £2 million owned by the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters originally rejected the Oasis deal but gave in eventually after the bank and trustees agreed with it. The intention was to make it into an academy the following year however their bids failed and another provider will run a primary academy on the site. It closed on 15 July 2011.
It is planned that the academy in Enfield Highway will move to Ponders End in 2012. Oasis Academy Hadley will take over the current Albany school Buildings.
Further details:
- Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol
- Oasis Academy John Williams, Bristol
- Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Croydon
- Oasis Academy Enfield
- Oasis Academy Hadley, Enfield
- Oasis Academy Immingham
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill, Southampton
- Oasis Academy Mayfield, Southampton
- Oasis Academy MediaCityUK, Salford
- Oasis Academy Oldham
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Croydon
- Oasis Academy, Wintringham, Grimsby
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