Oakwood School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 42 41.9 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 41.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 30.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 5.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.27 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	43[5]	33.6%[5]
2023/24	43.3[3]	36%[3]	-0.27[3]
2022/23	40.3[6]	36%[6]	-0.58[6]
2021/22	46.6[7]	41%[7]	-0.29[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 2% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 48% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 30% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 5% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[9]	3%[9]	50%[9]	34%[9]	3%[9]	4%[9]
2020/21	95%[10]	3%[10]	59%[10]	24%[10]	5%[10]	5%[10]
2019/20	96%[11]	4%[11]	60%[11]	29%[11]	1%[11]	2%[11]
2018/19	96%[12]	3%[12]	56%[12]	28%[12]	6%[12]	3%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 24 Feb 2026[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 13 May 2026[13]
Inclusion: Expected standard[13]
Achievement: Needs attention[13]
Safeguarding standards: Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention[13]
Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention[13]
Leadership and governance: Needs attention[13]
Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
1 Nov 2023[14]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]	No overall grade[14]
16 May 2018[15]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15]	No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference): 398 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences: 250 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered: 309 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	387[16]	257[16]	322[16]	1.2[16]	0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2024	435[16]	308[16]	326[16]	1.3[16]	0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2023	431[16]	273[16]	333[16]	1.3[16]	0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2022	458[16]	299[16]	327[16]	1.4[16]	0.9[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Community school[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1600[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: http://www.oakwood.surrey.sch.uk [1]
District: Reigate and Banstead [17]
Postcode: RH6 9AE[1]
URN: 125273[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1600 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 8.5% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 12.9% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 2.9% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 17.3% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 82%[19]
Mixed: 6.5%[19]
Asian: 5.7%[19]
Black: 4.3%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 1%[19]
Unclassified: 0.4%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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