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Oldfield School is a secondary school, with a small sixth form, in Newbridge, Bath, England. Since February 2011, the school has had academy status, meaning that it operates outside the control of the local authority. Prior to 2012 the main school was girls only, with a co-educational sixth form. The school had 755 students aged 11 to 18.HistoryOldfield School was founded in 1892 to serve the City of Bath; in 1959 the school moved from the city centre to agricultural land on the western outskirts of the city, overlooking the River Avon valley, and now attracts pupils from a much wider area including the eastern outskirts of Bristol.The main school building is from the late 1950s, but Penn House dates from the mid-1800s predating the school, and is largely used as sixth form accommodation and by the English department. In the 1960s Penn House was a separate special school, but was later absorbed into Oldfield School. Recent buildings include a drama studio, dance studio, sports hall, and a new teaching block for Mathematics and Humanities. Some expansion classroom blocks date from the 1970s and 1980s. The school has on-site playing fields.In the 1990s and 2000s the school took an early opportunity to gain more independence from local authority control by becoming a grant-maintained school and then a foundation school.