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UK’s first secure school ready to open

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The UK’s first secure school is set to open to pupils after four years of delays, the Ministry of Justice has announced.
Oasis Restore is on the site of the former Medway Secure Training Centre. Picture: Oasis Charitable Trust
Oasis Restore is on the site of the former Medway Secure Training Centre. Picture: Oasis Charitable Trust

Oasis Restore, based on the site of the former Medway Secure Training Centre (STC), is run by Oasis Charitable Trust.

Designed to house 49 boys and girls aged 12 to 19, the secure school offers a “new approach to youth justice”, ministers have said.

Oasis Restore is dual registered as a children’s home and an academy and is based on Oasis’s vision is to “transform children’s lives through relationships, discovery and community” from “entry to rehabilitation”.

Young people will stick to a full curriculum made up of “core” subjects including maths, English and science, combined with six-week vocational courses such as technology, cooking and hair and beauty.

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