Oakfields Community College is A New Multi-Million Pound Arts And Sports College in Acklam, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

 with effect as from September 2010 with the new building opening in September 2012 as part of Middlesbrough's £100 million Building Schools for the Future

Building Schools for the Future

Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...

 scheme.

The School
The school is run by the Endeavour Educational Trust - a partnership between Macmillan Academy

Macmillan Academy

Macmillan Academy is an academy in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.The school was founded in 1989 as the Macmillan City Technology College, one of the first of 15 City Technology Colleges established in England...

, Teesside University and Middlesbrough College

Middlesbrough College

Middlesbrough College, located on one campus at Middlehaven, Middlesbrough, England, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, is the largest college in the Tees Valley.-Admissions:...

.

Oakfields Community College replaced Hall Garth Community Arts College and King's Manor School in Hall Drive, Acklam.

The new school will open across the two sites in September 2010 with a brand new school building opening in 2012.

It is being built as part of Middlesbrough Council's £100 million Building Schools for the Future programme.

The new school building will accommodate 1,350 pupils aged from 11 to 16.

It will include new classrooms, a performance hall, sports hall and large central atrium.

The grounds will have new landscaping, play areas, a dedicated cycle route and pedestrian footpaths.

There is also a proposed multi-use games area with flood lighting and playing fields in the position of the existing school buildings.

Houses
Oakfields has six houses and every student and every member of staff belongs to a house. In keeping with their twin specialisms of Sports And Arts, each house has been named adter a British sports personality and a British arts personality. The students have carried out a selection process and are named after the following:

Hatfield Duffy - Jack Hatfield

Jack Hatfield

John Gatenby "Jack" Hatfield was a competitive swimmer, who won medals for Great Britain in the early Olympic Games....

 - Swimmer And Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy, CBE, FRSL is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at the Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Britain's poet laureate in May 2009...

 - Poet

Redgrave French - Sir Steve Redgrave - Olympic Rowing And Dawn French - Comedienne And Supporter Of Comic Relief

Lennon Holmes - John Lennon

John Lennon

John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

 - Musician And Dame Kelly Holmes - Athlete

Wade Gormley - Virginia Wade

Virginia Wade

Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...

 - Women's Tennis Champion And Anthony Gormley - Creator Of Angel Of The North

Angel of the North

The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, which is located in Gateshead,formerly County Durham, England.It is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing tall, with wings measuring across...

Foster Rowling - Brendan Foster

Brendan Foster

Brendan Foster CBE is a British former distance runner, entrepreneur and the founder of the Great North Run. He won the Bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics...

 - 10,00 Metre Rinner And Creator Of The Great North Run And JK Rowling - Author

Grey Thorpe - Dame Tanni Grey Thompson Paralympian And McKenzie Thorpe - Middlesbrough Artist With International Reputation.