Community special school

Oakley School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formKent, South East · Tunbridge Wells TN2 4NESchool website
Pupils on roll
224
Free school meals
46.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
19
Ofsted
Improved significantly, 23 October 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Waveney School (URN 119025); St George's School (URN 119047).

What the data says

Of the 23 pupils who finished Year 11 at Oakley School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Oakley School’s own sixth form (Kent average 56%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

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 Kent and England.

Oakley School
Kent
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureOakley SchoolKentEngland
Pupils in the cohort2317,954607,348
Any sustained destination96%93%92%
Stayed in education96%88%86%
— school sixth form0%56%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college0%28%37%
— other education96%4%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination4%5%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Kent

Astor Secondary School

Academy converter · sixth form · 732 pupils

72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.9

Aylesford School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 916 pupils

73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.6

Borden Grammar School

Academy converter · sixth form · 938 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 63.2

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.