Purple Oaks Academy
Free schools special school in Northampton (West Northamptonshire).
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
Welcome to the website of Purple Oaks Academy! The academy is an extremely popular, oversubscribed, specialist provision catering for 3 18-year-olds and it is a genuine pleasure and privilege to be Principal of this amazing, all-through, special school. Our students are polite, charming, respectful, caring, playful, kind and perceptive. What a way to celebrate World Book Day!
Students achieve Bike ability Level 1 and 2 We are super-proud of everything our Year 11 and Post-16 students have achieved and thrilled about all the amazing places they are going off to! They have all done incredibly well! We did it! We've received confirmation that we have been awarded the Eco Schools Green Flag Award- with distinction!
Comments received include: "It is evident that young people in your school are aware of environmental issues and passionate about protecting our planet!" #WeAreGAT Have a safe and happy summer break everyone! We're looking forward to see our new and returning students on Wednesday 4th September.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC)
- Forest School
Awards
6 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
- Eco Schools Green FlagEnvironment
- Careers MarkRecognised award
- School Games MarkSport
- School Games Mark GoldSport
Key facts
- URN
- 144759
- Type
- Free schools special
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 3 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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