Kelston Road, Bath, BA1 9AB.
Tel: 01225 423582, web: oldfieldschool.com, email: enquiries@oldfieldschool.com
Name of Headteacher: Mr Andy Greenhough
Age of pupils: 11 – 18 years boys and girls
Number of pupils: 1280
The curriculum: Oldfield has a broad and balanced curriculum delivered through eight learning areas. In Years 7 to 9 the curriculum broadly follows the National Curriculum. Over 25 subjects are offered at A Level and students usually study 10 subjects at GCSE.
Extra-curricular activities: The school believes a vibrant and wide-ranging extra-curricular and enrichment programme is an essential part of personal development. Participation is encouraged from all students. Extra-curricular activities include the debating society, language clubs, drama, and music clubs. Sports clubs include netball, football, boys’ and girls’ rugby, athletics, dance, cross-country, badminton, basketball, tennis, and cricket. Residential and day trips are seen as an important part of the students’ educational lives, with trips offered to Barcelona, Paris, Moscow, Belgium, Dorset, and a week-long activities week, with all students participating in a wide variety of activities in this country and abroad.
Pastoral care: Seeing students as individual learners and promoting a fully rounded education is at the heart of what the school aims to achieve. Staff work in partnership with students and parents to raise students’ expectations and standards of achievement in a caring, secure and supportive environment. Each student is supported by a tutor who monitors their group attendance, celebrates their achievements and raises any concerns. There is a Year 7 evening in September for parents to meet the tutors and staff. Tutors remain with their tutor groups throughout a student’s time at Oldfield, enabling them to support them through their school life.
Outstanding characteristics: Oldfield School is a successful, high attaining 11-18 mixed comprehensive with 1280 students which provides an exceptional education in and environment that challenges all students and fosters ambition. We focus on kindness, ambition and resilience and our students leave the school well-prepared to face the world as compassionate, confident and resilient young people. Oldfield has a reputation locally and in the wider community for academic excellence and the quality of its pastoral care and support. The school has a comprehensive intake which reflects the diversity of the local community. The most recent Ofsted inspection was in January 2025 when the school was judged to be good and the report highlighted and praised the school’s high expectations for students and staff as well as its broad-based and balanced curriculum, strong support for students with SEND and a school-wide emphasis on reading. The school is justly proud of its inclusive nature and the sense of community it engenders in both staff and students. The school has a successful and popular Sixth Form of 190 students and offers a wide range of A Level courses and opportunities for its students.