Oakgrove transforms its pupils’ chances of school success. Pupils flourish in this welcoming, nurturing
school. They feel safe. They become much more confident and more able to manage their behaviour
and relationships with others. Ofsted 2012

You and all staff have created a safe, calm and emotionally secure environment for your pupils. The
interactions between pupils and staff are extremely positive. Pupils’ behaviour throughout the school
was almost always exemplary. Ofsted 2017

Pupils are happy to attend this caring and welcoming school. Staff are highly skilled at supporting
pupils to feel safe and secure. The school successfully transforms pupils’ negative prior experiences of
education into a positive one. Ofsted. 2024

Oakgrove is a special school for primary-aged pupils with social, emotional and mental health
(SEMH) difficulties and is a founder member of the Four Rivers Multi Academy Trust.

All of our pupils are in receipt of an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). Places at Oakgrove are
agreed following a review, by a special educational needs panel when, despite additional support
being put in place, the need for a specialist SEMH setting is felt appropriate.

It is common for our pupils to have attended several schools prior to starting at Oakgrove.

We create a safe environment in which our children learn to re-engage with learning. From starting
points of low confidence, suspension, exclusion and isolation from their peers, our children, over
time, develop their resilience so that they are better able to cope with the emotional challenges of
being in a school environment.

This is facilitated through conversations during which we link our children’s reactions to their
feelings at the time. When they can consciously think about their emotional responses, our learners
can then plan for more positive reactions the next time they experience the same feeling.