Ousedale School

Ousedale School, based in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England was opened in 1963 to serve the community of Newport Pagnell and its surrounding villages. A second campus in Olney opened in 2007 to serve students from the north of the Borough of Milton Keynes.AdmissionsOusedale serves a partially rural catchment area. Currently there are approximately 2070 students on roll, including a Sixth Form of 360. The School is based on two campuses; the Newport Pagnell campus caters for 1500 children age 11 - 18 and the Olney campus 600 age 11 - 16.Newport Pagnell campusThe Newport Pagnell campus is housed in some modern buildings. The main stages of building development since the opening of the school in 1963 have been in 1971, 1975 and 1979. In 1993, the school gained a new (9 classroom) teaching block. Accompanying this, have been the extensive remodeling and refurbishment of other teaching areas together with the enhancement of the grounds and the removal of very old temporary accommodation. 1994 saw extensions to the Science Block, to include four additional laboratories together with another Music Room. Between 2012 and 2015 the Maths Block, Humanities Block and outside courtyard area have seen refurbishments. A purpose-built Sixth Form Centre was opened in September 2000, which has 5 smaller teaching rooms and the social area, the Gallery. The centre was extended in 2009/2010 with a bigger private study area and 6 new class rooms, and again in 2015 to include a larger, two-storey private study area.The specialist accommodation includes a Sports Hall, a gymnasium and 3 squash courts, together with extensive playing fields, flood lit tennis courts and a new full-size synthetic pitch. There are 14 Science Laboratories, 6 Design Technology rooms and 2 Food Technology rooms. There is a suite of Business Studies rooms and also computer rooms. There are 2 Music rooms with 5 practice rooms, 4 Art and 2 Drama studios. There are 3 canteens - 2 Purpose built and one sixth form.