Welcome to the Oak Grove College web site!



This website shows current work in the school in the "Our School" section.
Information about the school can be found on the "info" page and in the letters and events.

Headteacher: Graham Elliker
Chairman of Governors: Liz Cook, Christine Chalmers

This is a community special school maintained by West Sussex County Council, located in the Southern Area of the County.
Oak Grove College is a secondary school providing special education for students with learning difficulties from Year 7 to Year 14. Its catchment area covers Worthing and the surrounding areas from Portslade and Shoreham to Littlehampton and inland as far as Steyning and Pulborough.

The school opened on 31 October 2005 as part of the re-organisation of special education provision in the Worthing area.

Recent Events

Garden Award
Well done to the year 7/8/9 students who made the pallet garden as part of the Budding Gardeners Competition at Wisley. There were 37 gardens from other schools, 6 awards given. We were awarded the 'Head of Site Award 'which was in fact the Horticultural award so we should be pleased with that. The gardens were on display for 10 days and many members of the public commented on how much they liked it.We hope to re-erect it on our own site.

Rugby Tour
During half term two teams of students from Oak Grove went on a rugby tour in Wales. They played well, behaved beautifully (even when the referee was wrong!) and even won some games. Next year to Ireland!

Sussex Cricket
Also at half term our students made up the better half of the Sussex cricket team. They also played well.

Brighton Children's Parade
The college was represented in the children's parade for the second year in a row. Students had great costumes, music and dance. Everyone had a good time and many people admired our buffalo!

Special Olympics Worthing 2010
10 pupils from Oak Grove College started the Special Olympic competition season by taking part in the National Sports Hall Athletics event in Portsmouth at the weekend. Wearing their new kit and competing as Special Olympics Worthing they were up against 17 other teams and the competition was tough. The team put in good performances and several team members managed personnel bests which put the team in 3rd place half way through. As the afternoon worn on it was clear that the competition was getting tight at the top and in the end only a few points separated the winners. Special Olympic Worthing was squeeze into 4th place by a strong Bournemouth squad. Every body had a fantastic day and can’t wait to compete in the next event on 28th February.

Sold Out!
The college production of West Side Story at Northbrook College was a great success. Over 500 people saw the show over 4 performances. The cast and support staff did a fantastic job. It was inspiring to see so many of our students singing, acting anddancing to such a high standard.