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Oak Lodge School

Community special school · Mixed · Wandsworth

101 Nightingale Lane, London, SW12 8NA

Website 02086733453

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

Standards maintained

No graded inspection

Application demand

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No council data

Attendance

90.5%

42.5% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

96

Capacity used

Nearly full

96%

100 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Details

Type
Community special school
Age range
10–19
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Yes
Boarding
Boarding school
Headteacher
Caroline Rowlandson
Address
101 Nightingale Lane, Balham, London, SW12 8NA
Phone
02086733453
Local authority
Wandsworth
Ward / constituency
Balham · Tooting
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
101094

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals69%——
English as additional language58%——
SEN support4%——
54% boys (52)46% girls (44)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

96 pupils · 100 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 25

    24 April 2025

    Ungraded inspection

    Standards maintained
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 47 pupils

Attendance

90.5%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

9.5%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

42.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

2.1%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.8%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

38%
20/21
35%
21/22
50%
22/23
39%
23/24
43%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results over time

1.72019220224.120232.920240.72025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 80.746
Grade 5+ English & maths0%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths0%65%
Entering EBacc0%40%
EBacc average point score04.1
Pupils in cohort12—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
Art and Design10%0%0%

Oxbridge

No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.