OAKLEIGH SCHOOL PARENT STAFF ASSOCIATION
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Mission Statement
Oakleigh School and The Early Years Centre caters for nursery and primary aged children (2-11years), across the London Borough of Barnet, with severe and complex learning difficulties. The population of Oakleigh School caters for children who have a wide range of Special Educational Needs/Disabilities (SEND) including children with specific medical conditions, physical disabilities, social and communication difficulties, sensory impairments, autism spectrum conditions and/or other learning difficulties. Oakleigh School Parent Staff Association raise money to support the education and well being of our pupils, who are disadvantaged due to their disabilities.
About This Cause
We are presently campaigning to fundraise £120,000 within a year, to purchase a minimum of two wheelchair adapted minibuses. This would provide our children with greater access and increased opportunities within the community which is a vital part of their education and development. We have currently raised 90% of our total which we are extremely proud of! Reason for this fundraising project: Oakleigh School and Acorn have continued to expand and we now have two satellite provisions (one based at Queenswell Primary School and one based at Colindale Primary school), as well as our main site on Oakleigh Road North, N20. Although our nursery and school have continued to expand, the number of specialist adapted minibuses that we have...has not expanded with us! Presently, we only have 2 adapted minibuses across the whole organisation, to cater for children that are split across three different sites. One of our minibuses is 24 years old and does not meet the ULEZ requirements, so we cannot continue to use it beyond the exemption period, so we will then only have one minibus. This would significantly impact our pupils ability to access the community and restrict the educational opportunities that we can offer. Most of our pupils cannot access public transport, due to the severity of their disabilities (for example either due to physical restrictions or due to their autism and it being too overwhelming). Please have a look at our facebook page and justgiving page, to see how we have been raising money to support the pupils! https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/oakleighschoolminibus https://www.facebook.com/people/Oakleigh-School-The-Early-Years-Centre/100094018819600/