Oak Wood School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 17 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
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hillingdon
Unique reference
102449
Address
Sutton Court Road, Hillingdon, UB10 9HT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1247 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
63.4%
Girls
36.6%
First language not English
34.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.6%
Persistent absence
29.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 26.9%
Other 16.6%
Mixed 16.2%
Indian 10.6%
African 8.6%
Other White 8.1%
Pakistani 5%
Other Asian 3.7%
Caribbean 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Other Black 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.7
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.6
Local authority average 48.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.16
Local authority average 4.32
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE90
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE84
English LanguageGCSE207
English LiteratureGCSE207
FrenchGCSE30
GeographyGCSE99
HistoryGCSE113
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Oak Wood School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
105
2nd preference
113
3rd preference
133
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
105
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
26
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
212
142
70
Year 8
221
133
88
Year 9
175
116
59
Year 10
214
130
84
Year 11
233
148
85
Year 12
100
63
37
Year 13
92
58
34
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
91.0%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
25.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
81.0%
69.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
16.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
14.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020