Community school

Oakwood School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Horley RH6 9AESchool website
Pupils on roll
1,610of 1,600 places
Free school meals
17.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
286
Ofsted
Report card, 24 February 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Needs attentionInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Oakwood School has no sixth form. Of the 264 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 48% moved to a sixth form college, 30% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 48% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 97% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.0 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.

Oakwood School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureOakwood SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort26411,758607,348
Any sustained destination88%94%92%
Stayed in education81%89%86%
— school sixth form2%29%34%
— sixth form college48%32%13%
— further education college30%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship2%2%3%
Employment5%2%3%
No sustained destination8%4%6%
Destination unknown4%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureOakwood SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)43.050.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects27%44%41%
EBacc average point score3.814.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort19%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils29.332.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils46.254.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language8%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language285100%89%10%20%61%
Mathematics285100%88%15%22%65%
English Literature27998%86%11%21%69%
Religious Studies27697%31%17%32%55%
Combined Science24887%65%9%9%58%
History15454%41%21%26%61%
Geography12142%41%18%25%64%
Physical Education6422%11%6%24%61%
Art and Design5820%7%19%24%60%
Photography4616%6%7%19%65%
Computer Science4014%13%28%30%57%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3813%8%8%21%53%
Design and Technology3713%11%14%23%49%
French3713%18%24%29%73%
Biology3111%23%74%45%100%
Physics3111%23%55%46%100%
Chemistry3111%23%58%47%100%
Music2810%5%18%33%79%
Spanish259%19%28%27%76%
Drama228%7%18%27%64%
German228%5%14%33%77%
Dance228%1%0%27%45%
Film Studies145%1%7%20%29%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies33
Computer Appreciation / Introduction12
Computer Appreciation / Introduction10

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

Community school · 1,252 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,370 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

Academy converter · 750 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

Academy converter · 1,012 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.