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Oak Wood School

Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Hillingdon

Sutton Court Road, Uxbridge, UB10 9HT

Website 01895237350

55

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Good

Graded 17/05/2022

Application demand

99%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

89.6%

30.1% persistently absent

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

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,275

Capacity used

Nearly full

94%

1,350 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

99%

1st preference success rate

117 of 118 families who put it first got an offer

235

Places offered

590

Total applications

2.5

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference118117● 99%
2nd preference12555● 44%
3rd preference14442● 29%
Later preferences (4th–6th)20321● 10%
Total59023540%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
99%
2025

Hillingdon lets families list 6 preferences. 14 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Daniel Cowling
Address
Sutton Court Road, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, UB10 9HT
Phone
01895237350
Local authority
Hillingdon
Ward / constituency
Hillingdon East · Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
102449

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals37%——
English as additional language34%——
SEN support10%——
62% boys (795)38% girls (480)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

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

1,275 pupils · 1,350 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 22

    17 May 2022

    Full graded inspection

    Good overall effectiveness
    Sixth formGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Quality of educationGood
    Safeguarding effectiveYes
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Leadership and managementGood
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,165 pupils

Attendance

89.6%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

10.4%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

30.1%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

4.5%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

5.0%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

22%
20/21
38%
21/22
38%
22/23
33%
23/24
30%
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

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score38.5——
Progress 8 score-0.24—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths33%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths53%——
EBacc average point score3.57——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry24.95——

Average grade: D+ (England B-)

GCSE results over time

37.9201944.4202236.6202338.5202437.62025

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

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 837.646
Grade 5+ English & maths33.3%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths53.1%65%
Entering EBacc79.4%40%
EBacc average point score3.514.1
Pupils in cohort228—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
-0.48
Other pupils
-0.13
Low prior attainers
-0.27
Middle prior attainers
-0.30
High prior attainers
+0.14
Girls
-0.28
Boys
-0.22

A-level results over time

22.18201927.31202221.93202324.95202425.032025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry25.0335
Average gradeC-—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)4.8%17%
A-level students86—

Oxbridge

0202402025

Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 18995: Oak Wood School

Cambridge admissions12025
Applications≤5
Offers0
Success rate—
Accepted offers0

1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)35%——
Apprenticeships4%——
Any education or training35%——

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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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.