Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Year 7 Open Evening at Oaks Park. Our students shone as they guided families, showcased departments and spoke with confidence during the Headteacher’s address. We can’t wait to welcome our new Year 7s next September! #OaksPark #FutureStartsHere

Year 12 London Challenge 2025 This summarises it all ! #londonchallenge #oaksparksixthform

London Challenge 2025 – What an unforgettable start to Sixth Form life! Our Year 12 Induction event was a huge success as students took on the city in an exciting challenge that stretched from Liverpool Street to Marble Arch. #PersonalDevelopment #OaksParkSixthForm

Choosing the right school is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make for your child. Thursday 2nd October 2025, 3:00–6:00pm 📍 Oaks Lane, Ilford IG2 7PQ 🔗 Register now at tinyurl.com/2t9e7s5v Your child’s future starts here, and we’d love to welcome you into our family. tinyurl.com/mpzsede6

As part of our Sixth Form Induction, each form group will be exploring some of the city’s most famous landmarks. They will work on independence, resilience and the confidence to network as they begin their two-year A Level and Level 3 courses. #FutureLeaders #SixthForm #ALevels #Level3

Sam Thompson—TV & radio star, winner of I’m a Celebrity-Get Me Out of Here!, long-time voice for young people—joined us at Oaks Park this week, bringing his energy, his story & his belief in what every young person can achieve. What’s equally powerful is the work of The King’s Trust.

Oaks Park staff have hand-crocheted & knitted 250 poppies 🧶🌺 These will be added to the UK’s largest Remembrance art installation on Southend Pier, joining 60,000 others in a powerful tribute of remembrance, community spirit & creativity. #LestWeForget #Remembrance

Choosing the right school is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make for your child. Come and see for yourself at our Year 7 Open Evening: Thursday 2nd October 2025, 3:00–6:00pm tinyurl.com/2t9e7s5v

Ayo in Year 11 delivered a powerful and moving speech on Sickle Cell Anaemia, bravely sharing her own life experiences. As September is also Sickle Cell Awareness Month, we are proud of Ayo for using her voice to inspire understanding and awareness. 💜 #SickleCellAwareness tinyurl.com/yn6dyzup

"Oaks Park is proud to have such a strong and dedicated Student Leadership Team. Your voices are valued, your contributions are respected, and we wish our Head Students and Deputy Head Students every success for the year ahead! 🌟 #OaksPark #StudentLeadership"

🧠✨ On Monday 21st July, our Year 9 students headed to central London for an unforgettable visit to the Twist Museum – The Way I See Things. They explored the science of illusions through interactive exhibits. A truly eye-opening experience! 👁️🎨🌀 #OaksPark #TwistMuseum

Oaks Park Summer School was a fantastic success! Our new Year 7s arrived eager to impress and keen to explore their new surroundings ahead of September. From team-building to tours, they threw themselves into every activity with enthusiasm and curiosity. #OaksPark #SummerSchool #Year7Transition

We launched LAMDA Acting & Public Speaking at Oaks Park in Jan 2022—and now 55 students take part weekly! 🎭 This year we’ve had outstanding results: ✅ 100% pass rate 🏅 24 Distinctions 🎖 5 Merits Thank you to Ben Kettner & Florence Roberts, our dedicated Oaks Park LAMDA coaches! #LAMDA #OaksPark

Year 10 students, soon to be our new Year 11s, have made a fantastic start to their Upper School journey! ☀️ They took advantage of the sunshine to complete a Biology practical, heading outdoors to carry out random sampling using quadrats. 🌱🧪 Science is extremely popular at Oaks Park!

Over the past 20 weeks, students have developed their Mandarin skills and explored Chinese culture through workshops like calligraphy and paper cutting. A huge 谢谢 and 再见 to our wonderful tutors – and well done to all the students 👏🖌️✂️ #OaksParkLife #Supercurriculum #Mandarin

🇰🇷✨ It was a pleasure to welcome Hamyeol Girls’ School to Oaks Park last week! Students enjoyed tasting Korean snacks, playing games, and even joining in some of our Sports Day fun. A wonderful cultural exchange — we already miss you! 💙 #OaksPark #HamyeolVisit #CulturalExchange

Oaks Park boasts a highly personalised and ambitious Super Curriculum Programme, and we’re thrilled to congratulate the students who have successfully completed and passed their Level 2 Community Sports Leader Award! 🏅👏 #OaksParkLife #SuperCurriculum

🐾 As part of Oaks Park’s Personal Development Day, Year 10 students enjoyed a fantastic trip to London Zoo! From exploring wildlife exhibits to navigating the Tube, it was a day of bonding, adventure, and learning. Huge thanks to the Jack Petchey Foundation for their support! 🦁🚇🦓 #oakspark

Year 8 ended their Science lessons on a high by making their own perfumes using roses and rosemary! 🌹🧪 They used mortar and pestle and filtration to extract scents — the whole Science block smelled amazing! A fun, hands-on way to apply scientific enquiry. 👏 #STEM #ScienceInAction #OaksPark

Huge congratulations to Aditya Panikkar (Y10), selected as 1 of just 9 students across London (aged 13–16) to speak at the Culturally Speaking Showcase at Westminster Abbey! His powerful speech, Stability, not strife, delivered with warmth and confidence, made us all proud. 👏🎤 #Oracy #OaksPark

A wonderful celebration of cultures at Oaks Park as we welcomed our Chinese exchange students! 🌏🇨🇳 Our Year 10 students were outstanding hosts—showing kindness, confidence, and a real sense of pride in their school. #OaksPark

Our GCSE Geographers had another brilliant week in Norfolk! 🚌 From urban fieldwork in Norwich 🏙️ to exploring the coast at Cromer 🌊☀️, students gained vital field skills in a unique setting. This year marks 20 years of our annual trip! 🎉

Year 12 Interform Football was a summer highlight! ☀️ Students led the whole event—teams, fixtures, and a knockout tournament. A mix of skills, nail-biting matches, and brilliant camaraderie made it a real showcase of teamwork and spirit. ⚽👏 #OaksPark #StudentLeadership

The Expressive Arts Festival at Oaks Park was a vibrant celebration of creativity, colour, and bold, out-of-the-box ideas. Visitors, parents, and students were amazed by the talent on display—photos couldn’t begin to capture it all! #OaksPark

Year 12 Politics students had an inspiring day at the Houses of Parliament 🇬🇧 Highlights included touring the House of Lords & central lobby, and an engaging Q&A with Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health. A brilliant experience that brought politics to life! 🗳️👏 #OaksPark #FutureLeaders

A brilliant evening celebrating sporting success at Oaks Park! Honoured to welcome GB basketball star & London Lions player Savannah Wilkinson as our guest of honour. Huge thanks to our incredible PE team for making the Sports Awards Ceremony such a memorable event! #oakspark #sportsday

Day 3 of the Chigwell Summer School - Participants stepped up with confidence to deliver 2-minute presentations on topics of their choice, and every single one rose to the challenge. Thank you again to @ChigwellSchool for hosting and inspiring our students. #ChigwellSummerSchool #OaksPark

Day 2 of Chigwell Summer School was unforgettable — a visit to the prestigious Oxford University! Our Oaks Park sixth formers explored the iconic Bodleian Library, Christ Church College & more. Huge thanks to @ChigwellSchool for the opportunity! #OaksPark #OxfordUniversity #ChigwellSummerSchool

Day 1 at Chigwell Summer School was exceptional — huge thanks to @ChigwellSchool for a day centred on growth, confidence, challenge, and connection. Oaks Park students shone with clarity, courage, and maturity. A proud moment for us all. #FutureLeaders #OaksPark #ChigwellSummerSchool

It was fantastic to welcome so many of our new Year 7 students at Transition Day on Thursday 3rd July! We look forward to seeing parents at the New Year 7 Parent Information Evening this Thursday 10th July, 5–6pm. #oakspark #Year7Induction

A brilliant Year 7 Induction Day at Oaks Park! 💙 Assemblies, lessons, line-ups, break & lunch — our future students got a real taste of secondary life. We can’t wait to welcome you properly in September! 🌟 #OaksPark #Year7Induction

Year 9 & 10 language students took part in an inspiring translation workshop at UCL — learning how films and TV are dubbed and exploring the campus. A standout moment was meeting Maria, a former Oaks Park student now in her 5th year studying Medicine at UCL. #OaksPark #UCL

Our annual field trip brought the full range of British weather, but Year 10 showed real resilience! Students collected urban and coastal data in Norwich and Cromer, and even got a taste of university life with a campus tour of @uniofeastanglia. #NationalFestivalofFieldwork

What a night! 🎉 Year 11 & Year 13 Prom was an unforgettable celebration of success, resilience, and pure joy. It was amazing to see our students shining with pride—and for staff to witness just how far they’ve come. Even the horse joined in the fun! 🐴✨ #OaksPark #Prom2025

Huge thanks to our Head Student applicants who shone on Taster Day – helping brilliantly and finishing with a fantastic group task on how Oaks Park could introduce Societies into next year’s Personal Development programme. We were so impressed and proud! 💡👏 #StudentLeadership

Oaks Park Taster Day – English took on A Streetcar Named Desire. Big characters, bigger emotions, and some serious analysis from our future Sixth Formers. They didn’t just read it… they lived it. 🔥🎭 #OaksPark #TasterDay #EnglishLit oakspark.co.uk/Sixth-Form-E...

Economics is a top choice at Oaks Park Sixth Form — and Taster Day proved why! Students explored real-world issues like the cost of living and inflation, diving into the forces shaping our economy. 💷📈 #OaksParkSixthForm #EconomicsInAction Find Enrolment Info at : oakspark.co.uk/Sixth-Form-E...

Humanities at Oaks Park Sixth Form gave students a real flavour of everyday lessons during Taster Day — thought-provoking discussions and big questions 🌍📚 #OaksParkSixthForm #HumanitiesInAction Find Enrolment information here : oakspark.co.uk/Sixth-Form-E...

The science classrooms were buzzing with energy on Taster Day at Oaks Park Sixth Form! From hands-on experiments to curious questions, students got a real taste of the exciting investigations and discoveries that lie ahead. 🔬🧪 #OaksParkSixthForm #FutureScientists oakspark.co.uk/Sixth-Form-E...

Budding psychologists at Oaks Park Sixth Form got hands-on during Taster Day — even using one of their own as a test subject! The wonders of the human mind await... 🧠 #OaksParkSixthForm #PsychologyInAction oakspark.co.uk/Sixth-Form-E...

Mathematics Alevels are a popular choice at Oaks Park Sixth Form — and it’s easy to see why! Taster Day gave students a real insight into the exciting challenges and opportunities that await. A brilliant first step on their Sixth Form journey! #OaksParkSixthForm oakspark.co.uk/Sixth-Form-E...

Taster Day at Oaks Park today – our Year 11s (future Sixth Formers?) were in, plus loads of externals. All warmly welmed, great energy all round! #OaksPark #TasterDay #SixthForm

🎉 Proud moment for Oaks Park! We've achieved Champion status in the Gender Action Award 🌟 Recognising our drive to challenge gender stereotypes & promote equity across school life. 💜 More here: genderaction.co.uk/champion/ #GenderAction #ProudToBeInclusive

Thank you to the great geography PGCE students for a great day of fieldwork and GIS @UniofReading. Our year 8 students had a great day collecting fieldwork data around the campus and then working in the IT suite analysing their data and presenting their findings to the group. Thanks @TeachwithGeogs

We’re thrilled to introduce our brand new recycling bins—part of our commitment to a greener future and in full compliance with new UK waste regulations ! #RecycleRight #UKWasteLaw #SustainableLiving #EcoCompliance #WasteSeparation @RedbridgeLive

🇫🇷 Huge merci to everyone who made today’s French school visit to Oaks Park such a success! Both the French students and our brilliant Y9 & Y10 supporters said it was an exciting, immersive experience — and we agree! 🌟 #OaksPark #FrenchExchange #CulturalConnections

Huge thanks to @AXA for delivering brilliant mock interviews with our Year 12s. A great boost for UCAS and career prep — one student said, “I now know how to speak to people.” The AXA team were impressed by our students’ confidence and drive. A fantastic experience all round!

Today, our Year 9 Geography Leadership students immersed themselves in fieldwork at Spitalfields Market. Collaborating with @OngarSchool. A big thank you to @RGS_IBG for championing this project through the #FrederickSoddySchoolsAward. #NationalFestivalofFieldwork.

Our Y12 English Lit students saw A Streetcar Named Desire at Vue Stratford via National Theatre Live – perfect timing for revision! Gillian Anderson’s powerful performance brought the tragedy and stage directions to life. A memorable trip that deepened engagement with the text. #oakspark

Huge congratulations to Ghanirahan (Year 10) from Oaks Park High School for winning the 2025 #BYITCPython Code Challenge! 🏆🐍 A fantastic achievement that showcases his talent, creativity, and passion for coding. We’re all incredibly proud! @Byitc_Supermath eastlondontimes.co.uk/local/newham...