About OISSP
Oxfordshire has the largest Independent / State School partnership in Britain. Since September 2007 over 40 schools have participated in projects, which range from Chemist, Biologist and Physicist of the Year to ‘Science at Work’ the ‘Applied Science Conference’ and SEEP-2 Energy Audits. Many more schools science enrichment activities are planned for the coming terms. These include: ‘Science and Sustainability’; ‘Science and the Local Environment’; ‘Science in the Health Sector’; ‘Science Engineering and Technology’; ‘Science Innovation’ and ‘Energy Conservation’.
DCSF funding has enabled OISSP to develop schools INSET, conferences, celebration events and projects for Oxfordshire Independent and State schools, teachers and pupils free of charge. On completion of the ‘Securing Our Future’ initiative in 2009, OISSP projects aim to have engaged all 54 Independent and State Schools, over 20,000 pupils and almost 2,000 teachers.