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Oakbank School is a coeducational
secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
located in the hamlet of
Ryeish Green Ryeish Green is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England, 4 miles south of Reading. It is located next to Spencers Wood and sometimes considered a part of that village. The only road in the hamlet is Hyde End Lane, wh ...
(near
Spencers Wood Spencers Wood is a village in the civil parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England, south of Reading. The village of Three Mile Cross adjoins it to the north. To the west lies the village of Grazeley. History 250px, The A33, to the West of S ...
) in
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, England.


History

The first school on the site was called 'Three Mile Cross Primary School' when it was built in 1911. It originally taught pupils aged 5 to 14 years. Its first headmaster was Mr Reeley. After World War II, the school modernised, expanded and amalgamated with a school in Spencers Wood (which is now the village library) to become a senior school. The school later was renamed 'Ryeish Green School'. Ryeish Green School was closed in 2010.
Wokingham Borough Council Wokingham Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. It is a unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or perform ...
closed the school after it experienced falling student numbers; the school saw a reduction of approximately 150 students over a four-year period from 2002 to 2006. In 2007, an independent candidate stood in the local council elections running on a ''Save Ryeish Green School'' ticket. Although both
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and Liberal candidates stood down in favour of him, he fell a few votes short of the Conservative candidate who supported the school's closure. In September 2012, 'Oakbank School', a
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opened on the site formerly occupied by Ryeish Green School.


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* {{authority control Secondary schools in the Borough of Wokingham Free schools in England