Oakbank

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wokingham
Unique reference
138367
Address
Hyde End Lane, Ryeish Green, RG7 1ER

Pupils

Number of Pupils
522 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
47.9%
Girls
52.1%
First language not English
10.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.4%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71.1%
Mixed 10.3%
Other White 3.4%
African 3.4%
Indian 2.9%
Pakistani 2.9%
Other Asian 2.3%
Other 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.35
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.8
Local authority average 52.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.66
Local authority average 4.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE10
Art & DesignGCSE27
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE92
English LiteratureGCSE92
FrenchGCSE20
GeographyGCSE57
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Oakbank

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
109
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
77
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
21
From another Local Authority
46
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
77
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
25
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 classes26.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
104
55
49
Year 8
110
54
56
Year 9
104
52
52
Year 10
99
48
51
Year 11
105
41
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
90.6%
86.5%
Further education
53.0%
21.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
7.0%
54.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
15.0%
13.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
11.0%
2.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022