Luckley-Oakfield School
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Luckley-Oakfield School is a boarding and day school for girls in Berkshire in England. It has a community of about 300 girls, with about 240 pupils in the first five year groups, and 61 girls in the Sixth Form. The school is set in a rural location, south of the historic market town of Wokingham
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. Oakfield School was established in the Lake District
in 1895. The two schools were amalgamated on the Wokingham
site in 1959 as an independent educational trust regulated by the Charity Commissioners.
There are house events throughout the year, which include the annual Christmas Cracker Drama event, Sports Day, Swimming Gala, Junior and Senior Rounders, Tennis, Netball, Badminton, Hockey, and the House Music Competition. Each event contributes points towards the end of year House Cup and the winners go on a House outing at the end of the summer term.
On an ongoing basis the four houses are expected to devise community service events or fundraisers to include as many house members as possible. The project has to be co-ordinated and promoted by the girls. House Captains and deputies are also responsible for liaising with staff about transport and guidance, as well as building links with staff at the places that they are supporting.
Wokingham
Wokingham is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England about west of central London. It is about east-southeast of Reading and west of Bracknell. It spans an area of and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 30,403...
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History
Luckley School, founded in 1918, has always occupied its present site. The main house, which dates from 1907, replaced Luckley Manor, an ancient property mentioned in the Domesday BookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
. Oakfield School was established in the Lake District
Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...
in 1895. The two schools were amalgamated on the Wokingham
Wokingham
Wokingham is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England about west of central London. It is about east-southeast of Reading and west of Bracknell. It spans an area of and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 30,403...
site in 1959 as an independent educational trust regulated by the Charity Commissioners.
House system
There are four houses at Luckley: Beatty (red), Nelson (blue), Drake (green), Jellicoe (yellow).There are house events throughout the year, which include the annual Christmas Cracker Drama event, Sports Day, Swimming Gala, Junior and Senior Rounders, Tennis, Netball, Badminton, Hockey, and the House Music Competition. Each event contributes points towards the end of year House Cup and the winners go on a House outing at the end of the summer term.
On an ongoing basis the four houses are expected to devise community service events or fundraisers to include as many house members as possible. The project has to be co-ordinated and promoted by the girls. House Captains and deputies are also responsible for liaising with staff about transport and guidance, as well as building links with staff at the places that they are supporting.
50 year anniversary
In 2009 Luckley celebrated the 50 year anniversary since the amalgamtion of Luckley and Oakfield Schools. There was a thanks giving service, and the Lower Sixth Young Enterprise group, Fusion, sold hoodies to mark the occasion.Notable former pupils
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