Principal’s Welcome

On behalf of the entire school community, I would like to welcome you to our school.
Whether your focus is on Primary, Middle or Senior School years, we are confident that you will find a caring, inspiring and rewarding learning environment where creativity, sustainability, curiosity and wellbeing are fostered throughout every aspect of the school day.

As a supportive, close-knit school with strong community ties and values, we work together in nurturing students as they grow in life – discovering their unique talents, and developing the skills, knowledge, abilities and resilience that are all vital to their success at school and beyond.

Your child will be encouraged and their achievements celebrated. We also appreciate that, during every young person’s developmental years, there will be times when they need our support and guidance. Oakbank staff are highly experienced in recognising those moments and providing that support. Student leaders are also expected to play a role in creating and sustaining a safe, welcoming environment for their peers.

As students progress through the years, they can also look forward to growing into the responsibilities that come with greater freedoms in curriculum choices, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, and personal organisation. Students are encouraged to put their individual skills to good use by taking an active role in the school and wider Oakbank community, and begin to realise and appreciate their value as citizens in a global society.

Our school community has come a long way since the first classrooms opened in 1938, and we are always looking to enhance the opportunities for our students, recognise their contributions to the life of the school, and provide them with a rich, fulfilling and valuable foundation, which supports them as they grow into young, conscientious, community-minded adults.

Lee Knight
Principal

Our school leadership team is composed of experienced and dedicated professionals who work together to support the vision, mission, and values of our school. They are approachable and responsive to the needs and concerns of our students, staff, and parents.

Oakbank School, our values of Connection, Respect and Responsibility are at the centre of all we do. By providing an authentic values based education, relevant and timely for our students and their learning journey, each student is valued and nurtured to grow in their character and capabilities for every future endeavour.

Through connection to our Oakbank School history, our place and space in the Adelaide Hills, and to one another, our students learn what it means to belong in a community of learners.

By valuing one another, honouring diverse perspectives, and respecting those with whom we learn and live, our students grow as respectful citizens and contributors to our school and wider community.

When we share a deep responsibility for who we are and where we learn, we each make a unique and profound contribution to Oakbank School and its identity.

Our values shape who we are and who we become. At Oakbank School, we grow connected, respectful and responsible students of today, and leaders of tomorrow.   

Oakbank Area School, named in 1944 (formerly known as Oakbank Consolidated School), was formed when the two primary schools of Balhannah and Oakbank were merged in 1938. In 2022 we became Oakbank School.

Located between these two picturesque towns, our school is the only Reception to Year 12 state school in the Adelaide Hills providing holistic education and an effortless transition into secondary education.