Oakwood School

Community school·Secondary school Horley, Surrey·RH6 9AE
Composite score
53.8
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#2,061
National rank
#307
In South East
#50
In Surrey
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
60%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
3.81

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 24/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
250 first choices, 309 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
398
any preference, for 309 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.8220230.9420240.8020250.812026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Oakwood School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,600
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
8.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,299
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
88%
264 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Oakwood School

Oakwood School is a secondary school in Horley, Surrey, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 1,600 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 43.0 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 60% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Oakwood School their first choice was offered one of its 309 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 88% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.0%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. Oakwood School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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