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Academic life at Oakham
Oakham has always been a school that strives to marry innovation with the best of traditional approaches. We were one of the first independent schools to introduce the IB Diploma in 2001 alongside A-levels; we were instrumental in developing the nationally acclaimed FOSIL (Framework Of Skills for Inquiry Learning) programme; and in 2021 we received our official accreditation as an IB MYP world school to deliver international, interdisciplinary learning to pupils in Forms 1–3.
Like many schools, we are able to help our pupils to achieve outstanding results in their examinations; the Oakham difference is that our genuinely holistic approach to education via our Connected Curriculum means that students leave Oakham as intellectually ambitious thinkers, who are effective and independent learners, well equipped with the skills and habits of mind to thrive in tomorrow’s world. AN EXCEPTIONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
We offer a rich and varied curriculum: from Classical Greek to Computer Science, with 6 languages and 5 Art and Design specialist courses. FOSIL, our nationally acclaimed approach to inquiry-led learning, is embedded throughout our curriculum.
Outstanding subject faculties and specialist academic facilities:
our university-standard library houses in excess of 30,000 books. Our teachers are passionate subject specialists in their chosen field and we boast many examiners amongst our staff.
We provide an international, interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning.
• Pupils in Forms 1–3 follow the acclaimed IB MYP curriculum. • Pupils can choose from 26 GCSE subjects. • We offer two distinct pathways at 16+: the IB Diploma
Programme or A-level, Pre-U or BTEC courses.
Our superb Careers Department ensures our students win places at the best universities in the UK and worldwide, as well as supporting students who wish to pursue specialist Art/Drama courses and apprenticeships.
We enrich our pupils’ learning through our academic societies
and clubs; from Dissection Club to Spanish Society, there are over 20 academic societies and clubs for pupils to join. We run a rich programme of regular lectures and seminars from leading academic thinkers and we organise many inspirational educational visits and cross-curricular projects.
2,400
square-metre Library
360
members of teaching staff
150
classrooms, studios and laboratories
200-SEAT
university-style lecture theatre
SHORTLISTED
for Strategic education initiative of the year at the
TES awards 2020
ILI, FORM 6
