Open Evening - Thursday 24th September 2026

Horizon Base Tours on our Open Evening are now available to book using the form linked HERE

Tours start promptly at 5:35 and 6:40

Please read the following information carefully to ensure Oaks Park High is a suitable provision for your child.

The Horizon Base within Oaks Park High School is for students whose prime need on their EHCP is classed as Autism and who are working at an academic level that requires access to a mainstream curriculum and need different class provision in order to do so.     

The base is a social environment, where children are taught in small groups and where individual teaching is not provided.  It is therefore important that children attending the base can manage this environment and the associated expectations. 

A child who needs 1-1 support as their main way of working and/or 1-1 teaching will not find the Horizon provision matches their needs.  Nor is it appropriate for a child with extensive learning needs who requires a highly adapted curriculum as the Horizon base delivers a mainstream secondary curriculum leading to formal examinations.

The curriculum, and expectations of behaviour, are embedded within the mainstream context as would be expected of a base within a mainstream school.  This means that children in the base must be able to access learning in a small group environment, and be able to tolerate others’ presence and those routine behaviours that come with teenagers.

Please note that the Horizon Base offers a maximum of 10 places per academic year for students who meet our eligibility criteria. It is also important to be aware that when students enter Year 9, there will be a reduced offer of options subjects that are available in the mainstream setting - these subjects are determined by the school based on staffing capacity.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Have a confirmed diagnosis of Autism
• Be working within age-related expectations (no more than two years below chronological age)
• Be working towards sitting a range of GCSEs at the end of Year 11
• Require an adapted classroom environment, rather than an adapted curriculum
• Be able to access the mainstream curriculum when delivered through small-group teaching, with higher levels of adult support (e.g., one teacher and two LSAs for 10 students)
• Is able to learn in a classroom environment and does not require a space outside of the lesson to be taught the classroom content
• Expression of behaviour aligns with a mainstream adapted environment.

Please note that other factors may be taken into consideration at the point of consultation.