Oakwood High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 10 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Rotherham
Unique reference
140459
Address
Moorgate Road, S60 2UH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1061 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.7%
Girls
51.3%
First language not English
29.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.7%
Persistent absence
30.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 38.8%
Pakistani 32.4%
Unclassified 6.1%
Mixed 5.2%
Other White 4.1%
Other Asian 3.5%
African 3.3%
Other 2.5%
Chinese 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 1.1%
Indian 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.08
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.15
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.6
Local authority average 43.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.86
Local authority average 3.59
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award50
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE46
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE37
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE78
ChemistryGCSE78
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE56
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Oakwood High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
218
2nd preference
111
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
190
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
94
114
Year 8
210
105
105
Year 9
217
100
117
Year 10
210
108
102
Year 11
216
110
106
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
80.0%
85.6%
Further education
18.0%
30.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
8.0%
27.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
55.0%
21.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
6.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
8.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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