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Oak Bank School

Academy special converter school in Leighton Buzzard (Central Bedfordshire).

Pupils
123
on roll
Ofsted
Ungraded inspection
inspected Oct 2024
Attendance rate
73.1%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
4.8
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
63.4%
school census 15/01/2026
SEN support
0.0%
2025/26
Capacity
97%
123 / 127 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
5.5%
2024/25

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

Oak Bank works with pupils who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs. Our aim is to provide each of our pupils with an Education for Life, by valuing and respecting them as individuals, developing their self-esteem and encouraging their individual abilities to their full potential in a caring, orderly environment.

Oak Bank is recognised through its leading-edge approach to the education of its pupils as a benchmark of effectiveness and efficiency in respect of the added value it provides through a therapeutic approach to the personal development and learning achievement of all its pupils.

That benchmark status is confirmed by an 'outstanding' rating from Ofsted and frequent requests for outreach support from other schools and educational bodies.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

17 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Sixth Form
  • English
  • Maths
  • Science
  • Design Technology Trade Skills
  • Horticulture
  • Animal Care
  • Hair Beauty
  • IT Computing
  • Music
  • Key Stage 2
  • ACORN
  • ASDAN
  • Behaviour Support Worker
  • Growth Mindset
  • Mentally Healthy Schools

and 1 more

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion

Key facts

URN
140286
Type
Academy special converter
Phase
Not applicable
Ages
9 to 19
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2013

Governing body (17 current, 2 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

12 governors are linked to a profile (11 confirmed, 1 (likely)).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Ian Summerfield Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Edward Syrett Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Catherine Marie Reid Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Marion Louisa Wright Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Michael Rowland Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Jonathan Hull Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2024 · until 2028
Louise BurtonChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2024
Mr John Langdon Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Christopher Turner Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Philip CollierAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2023
Mr Richard Johnson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Peter Dennis Banwell Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2023
Mr Phil CollierTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2022
Mrs Catherine RootsMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2022
Mr John Langdon Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2022
Mr Brian MathewsMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2022
Mr Mike Rowland (likely)MemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2013
Mr Ian Summerfield Confirmed same person FormerChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mrs Beverley Dass Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · term ended 2026

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record