Oaklands School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 23 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Unique reference
100972
Address
Old Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, E2 6PR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
880 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
58.5%
Girls
41.5%
First language not English
50%
Free school meals (FSM)
57.7%
Persistent absence
31.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 75%
African 7.8%
Other White 3.8%
Mixed 3.7%
Other 3.1%
Other Asian 1.4%
White British 1.1%
Pakistani 1.1%
Indian 1%
Other Black 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2023-2024 Other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.13
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 57%
Local authority average 58%
England average 40%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 52%
England average 46%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.5
Local authority average 48.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.95
Local authority average 4.38
England average 4.07
Year 2023-2024

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE38
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE151
English LiteratureGCSE151
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Oaklands School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
129
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
87
2nd preference
81
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
87
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
130
78
52
Year 8
144
89
55
Year 9
163
103
60
Year 10
150
89
61
Year 11
149
82
67
Year 12
82
41
41
Year 13
62
33
29
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
92.3%
86.0%
Further education
21.0%
21.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
68.0%
66.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
3.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.4%
4.0%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.8%
5.8%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
69.3%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
16.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021