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Oak Wood School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 43 43.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
42.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
11.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.24 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 37.6[6] 33.3%[6]
2023/24 38.5[4] 33.2%[4] -0.24[4]
2022/23 36.6[7] 29%[7] -0.70[7]
2021/22 44.4[8] 39%[8] -0.38[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
4.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D+[10] 3.6%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 2.9%[11]
2021/22 C-[12] 10.5%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 5.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
37% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
47% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[15] 50%[15] 0%[15] 40%[15] 2%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 86%[16] 43%[16] 9%[16] 23%[16] 3%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 58%[17] 0%[17] 32%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 57%[18] 3%[18] 28%[18] 3%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
76% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
43% 2022/23[19]
Education
46% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
9% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 65%[20] 35%[20] 35%[20] 4%[20] 25%[20]
2020/21 63%[21] 47%[21] 47%[21] 7%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 65%[22] 41%[22] 46%[22] 0%[22] 19%[22]
2018/19 64%[23] 44%[23] 44%[23] 3%[23] 17%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
64% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
8% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 79%[26] 5%[26]
2019/20 81%[25] 19%[25] 19%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 78%[27] 9%[27] 4%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 50%[28] 9%[28] 9%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
17 May 2022[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3[29]
Report published
5 Jul 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
3 Feb 2021[30] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2[30] No overall grade[30]
3 Oct 2019[31] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
512 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
101 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
215 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 590[32] 118[32] 235[32] 2.5[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2024 572[32] 105[32] 209[32] 2.7[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 518[32] 99[32] 214[32] 2.4[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 445[32] 105[32] 198[32] 2.2[32] 0.5[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1350[1]
Local authority
Hillingdon[1]
Website
http://www.oakwoodschool.uk[1]
District
Hillingdon[33]
Postcode
UB10 9HT[1]
URN
102449[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1287 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
35.4% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
9.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.8% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
28.9%[35]
Mixed
19.1%[35]
Asian
23.6%[35]
Black
10.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
16.5%[35]
Unclassified
1.1%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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