The Academy opened in September 2008 in the buildings on the two sites of the closed schools, then moved to a new building in 2012. On merging, most students were White British heritage and the number speaking another language at home was low. About 60% of the school pupils were boys. Almost 50% of the students had special educational needs and/or disabilities but no statement. The majority had behavioural, emotional or social difficulties.[2]: 2
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Oasis Academy Lord's Hill is part of the Oasis Community Learning group, and evangelical Christian charity.[3] The trust have guided forty schools out of special measures. 19 per cent of the 52 Oasis academies classified as failing.[4] The trust's founder Reverend Steve Chalke says "Turning round a school is sometimes a quick fix, it really, truly is. And sometimes it’s a really long, hard, hard job".[4]