Introducing Our School – Oak Tree Primary School

Oak Tree is a through primary school for children from ages 4 to 11. Our current teaching and subject leadership structure is as per the documents below:

Teaching Structure 2023 – 2024

Staff Subject Leadership Structure 2022/23

Our school is divided into four Key Stages:

Foundation Stage	Key Stage Leader: Miss Z Garling	Reception Classes
Key Stage One	Key Stage Leader: Mrs K Forster	Years One and Two Classes
Lower Key Stage Two	Key Stage Leader: Miss D Bailey/Mr I Church	Years Three and Four Classes
Upper Key Stage Two	Key Stage Leader: Mr S Tubb	Years Five and Six Classes

We are a three form entry school, with two classes in Foundation Stage, five classes in Key Stage One and ten classes in Lower as well as Upper Key Stage Two.

The school has been cleverly designed to maximise all the benefits of a large school and yet retain a small school atmosphere, with the buildings arranged into seven separate units, each named by our school council after one of the continents of the world:

Antarctica: Foundation Stage classes

Africa: Year 1

Australia: Year 2 & Thrive Room

Europe: Years 3 & 4

Asia: Years 5 & 6

Our typical school day is as follows:

9:00am – Morning Registration

9:00 -10:40am – Morning Lessons

10:40 -11am – Break time

11 -12pm – Mid morning lessons

12 -1pm – Lunch time

1 -3:10/3:15pm – Afternoon lessons

3:10pm – End of day for EYFS & KS1

3:15pm – End of day for KS2

Each unit houses five classrooms arranged around a central area, for small group working. Each classroom also has a set of Chromebook’s that children use as part of their learning. Each classroom is named after a city from the continent in which the classroom is located.

As indicated above, children in Years 1 & 2 each enjoy their own separate units, with Year 1 housed in ‘Africa’ and Year 2 in ‘Australia’. Pupils in Key Stage 2 are divided into the two upper units, with mixed years 3 & 4 (Lower Key Stage 2) located in ‘Europe’ and Years 5 & 6 (Upper Key Stage 2) in ‘Asia’. Separate cloakroom areas and toilet facilities serve each of the five units.

Foundation Stage

The Reception children start their time at Oak Tree in a separate dedicated building named ‘Antarctica’. They also have their own large playground that is separate from the other year groups. As the year progresses, they are gradually introduced to other areas around the school building.