Oasis Academy Arena is a small and friendly secondary academy located in South Norwood, where children enjoy learning and are supported to achieve their best. Our teachers, wider staff team, parents and carers are all committed to building on our successes and making the academy an exceptional school for our students.
In our latest Ofsted report, inspectors recognised that our curriculum is ambitious and broad, our teachers are knowledgeable about their subject and pupils feel safe, are interested in their lessons and behave respectfully and treat each other well. (Ofsted 2023). Our academy is part of Oasis Community Learning, a large family of primary, secondary and all-through academies across England. The purpose of consultation is to ensure transparency and openness on the contents of a proposal and allow parents, carers and other interested stakeholders to make a representation that will be considered as part of the determination of the proposal.
Proposal
Oasis Community Learning has been working on proposals to implement Continuous Professional Development (CPD) sessions for staff from 2pm each Wednesday. The school day will therefore finish at 2pm instead of 3pm every Wednesday. This proposal will initially be piloted for one year, starting from September 2025. The reason for this change is to allow us to continue to address key priorities for raising standards in teaching, learning and student outcomes. The main benefits of this proposal are:
• Improved teaching practices and standards.
• Increased collaboration and shared expertise.
• Enhanced staff professional growth.
• Better alignment of cluster priorities.
• Provides a platform to develop middle and senior leaders as cluster leaders.
• Reduce staff workload and improved well-being and morale, leading to better staff retention.
