Welcome to all of our new students.
Our aim is to make all students who are joining the school feel welcome and safe. We know that joining a new school can be worrying and stressful. Our aim is to make sure you settle in quickly and find your feet straightaway.
Y6 to Y7 Transition team
Head of Year – Miss Quinnell
Assistant Head of Year – Mrs Kells
Assistant Headteacher – Miss Gyngell
Who to contact if you have a problem or just want some advice
- For students in year 6 joining Oathall in September, you can email general enquiries to [email protected]
- For enquiries about transition arrangements please contact Mrs Kells, Transition Coordinator [email protected]
- For enquiries/discussion about children with medical conditions please contact Mrs Kells [email protected]
- For all other questions, please contact [email protected]. Your message will be directed to a member of Oathall staff who is in the best position to help you.
Class of 2026/27 Useful Resources:
Tutor presentation from ‘New Parents Evening’
Main hall presentation from ‘New Parents Evening’
Oathall library newsletter & reading list
Equipment
Students need to be prepared for lessons at all times. Our Be Ready For Learning leaflet provides you with details of the equipment that we expect students to carry with them in school. We recommend students check their timetables the night before to ensure they are prepared for the next day.
Uniform 2026 – 2027
From September, there is a slight amendment to our uniform policy. Children may choose to wear either a plain white collared button up shirt/blouse or a plain unbranded white polo shirt. Ties are no longer required. All other uniform requirements remain the same, click here for full list.
Our uniform suppliers are Broadbridges and Monkhouse, if your child is Pupil Premium, Broadbridges offer a 50% discount on logo’d uniform, please email newstarters@oathall should you wish to get this offer.
Using the canteen and canteen account registration
Students are expected to remain in the college during break and lunchtimes. Students may bring their own food to eat or they may eat in the canteen. Students who bring a packed lunch are asked to adhere to healthy eating guidelines and dispose of any rubbish responsibly. We are a nut-free school so please make sure lunches do not contain any nut-containing products.
Students are automatically provided with a cashless canteen account (whether it is used or not). On year 7’s first day at Oathall in September, students will be biometrically registered after which they can use their finger to access their canteen account and pay for food or drink. If you do do not consent to biometric registration your child will receive an account card which they can use instead.
As soon as parents have set up their My Child at School (MCAS) account they can pay funds into their child’s school meals account so it is ready to use as soon as they start.
If in doubt, please provide your child with a packed lunch until you know the account has been set up.
Travel to school
We expect all of our students to travel to school using sustainable transport. Most students walk to school or arrive by school bus. Students should enter by the Washington Road footpath, the Albemarle Drive or the Appledore Garden entrance. There are no other entry points into the school.
We expressly ask parents not to drive onto the school site to drop off or collect students in the morning or after school. The vehicle access into Oathall is narrow and not designed to allow for a large number of vehicles to arrive and turn around at the same time. This entrance is used by the school buses which must take priority over other vehicle users. The narrow drive entrance is also located in a residential area and a build-up of traffic at our entrance causes congestion and inconvenience to our neighbours. If you have to drop your child by car please drop them off or collect them at the Washington Road roundabout entrance where there is more space.
For evening events we allow parking on site.