Oasis Academy Enfield was an early member is part of the Oasis Community Learning group, and evangelical Christian charity.[3] The trust have guided forty schools out of special measures. 19 per cent of the 52 Oasis academies classified as failing.[4]
On becoming an Oasis academy, a local board of management provided by the regional hub, while the strategic management is performed centrally by the Oasis Community Learning, in Lambeth. Hadley was the second secondary academy to open in London..
Oasis has a long-term strategy for enhancing the performance of its schools. It has devised a standard curriculum, that each local board can safely adopt knowing it will deliver the National Curriculum. It has invested in staff training so they are focused on improving the outcomes for the students. IN 2021, through its Horizons scheme it is providing each member of staff and student with a tablet.[5]
Oasis Academy Hadley is named after mathematicianJohn Hadley, who lived in the area.
Due to the school's specialism in Maths, this name seemed fitting.[6]
Oasis Academy Hadley replaced Albany School which opened in 1939, a total of 65 years. The school opened as separate boys' and girls' schools on the same site. It was opened as a co-educationalsecondary modern school in 1999, and in 2000 was converted to a comprehensive school.[7] In 2008 became a specialist Business and Enterprise college. In July 2009, the school celebrated its 70th anniversary and later that month closed.
