Oakdale South Road Middle School is a middle school

Middle school

Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...

 for 8–12 year-olds in Poole

Poole

Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council...

, Dorset

Dorset

Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

, attended by 540 pupils.

The school was opened in 1997 after the amalgamation of Oakdale Middle School and South Road Combined School (now Old Town First School). It was originally intended to be named Tatnam Farm Middle School. Pupils come to the school mainly from Stanley Green First School in Oakdale

Oakdale, Dorset

Oakdale is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England with a population of 10,949. It is adjacent to Fleetsbridge, Poole town centre, Sterte, Longfleet and Parkstone....

 and Old Town First School in the town centre.

The school's playing field is home to Poole Town Football Club

Poole Town F.C.

Poole Town F.C. is a football club based in Poole, England. They were established in 1890 and joined the Western League Division Two in 1930. They won the Western League title in 1957 and reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup four times in their history. They are currently members of the...

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