Oakmead College of Technology is a mixed secondary school located in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth in southern England. There are approximately 1300 students (March 2005) between the ages of 11 and 18, a sixth form of about 150 students, and a nursery. Oakmead College is divided into blocks A and B (the original girl's and boy's schools). Block A contains the majority of the core curriculum classes: English, maths and science. It also contains an assembly hall (hall A), a playground (for years 10 & 11) the gym, the sports hall, a drama studio, 4 IT rooms, 9 science labs, a media suite, raise room and an English reading room Block B contains contains classes for such as geography, RE, history, IT, business studies, dance, drama, music and DT. There are 7 DT rooms—2 food technology rooms, 2 resistant materials rooms, graphics room, computer graphics and an electronics room. There is a specialised plumbing centre, 5 IT rooms and two MFL (modern foreign language) rooms, 2 drama studios, 3 music rooms, 2 art rooms, another assembly hall, another playground (for years 7, 8 & 9) and the canteen.