Oakwood Park Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 2 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
136727
Address
Oakwood Park, ME16 8AH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1068 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
94.6%
Girls
5.4%
First language not English
13.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.9%
Persistent absence
14.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71.5%
Other White 6.8%
African 6.3%
Mixed 5.4%
Indian 3.7%
Other Asian 2.2%
Other 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Pakistani 0.6%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.72
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 91%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 92%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 66.5
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.2
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE7
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE8
BiologyGCSE121
ChemistryGCSE121
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE156
English LiteratureGCSE156
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Oakwood Park Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
141
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
121
2nd preference
213
3rd preference
113
From another Local Authority
47
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
91
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
29
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 classes19.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
160
0
Year 8
153
153
0
Year 9
160
160
0
Year 10
159
159
0
Year 11
156
156
0
Year 12
146
112
34
Year 13
134
110
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Secondary

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
86.7%
85.6%
Further education
6.0%
26.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
92.0%
59.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
1.2%
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
76.0%
63.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
24.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021
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