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Oaks Park High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Community school

45-65 Oaks Lane, Newbury Park, Ilford IG2 7PQ · oakspark.co.uk · 020 8590 2245

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
GCSEs, 2024/25
53.5
average Attainment 8 score. Redbridge 53.9, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Redbridge Council
Demand for places
0.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,783
97% of 1,830 places
Local authority
Redbridge
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
25.3%
First language not English
50%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Redbridge Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 125 families put the school first and 285 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 150 (Places 296)150September 2023: 154 (Places 296)154September 2024: 196 (Places 290)196September 2025: 182 (Places 293)182September 2026: 125 (Places 285)125Places 285
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262851250.4100%
September 2025Sept 20252931820.694%
September 2024Sept 20242901960.783%
September 2023Sept 20232961540.590%
September 2022Sept 20222961500.597%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 2026All
September 20241.56 mi2.51 km
September 20252.34 mi3.76 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 53.5, and 57.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Redbridge it was 53.9, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 49.0 (England 46.3)49.02017/18: 54.1 (England 46.5)54.12018/19: 51.8 (England 46.7)51.82021/22: 52.3 (England 48.8)52.32022/23: 52.9 (England 46.3)52.92023/24: 55.5 (England 45.9)55.52024/25: 53.5 (England 46.0)53.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲53.546.0
▲57.6%45.4%
▲75.5%64.8%
▲62.1%40.5%
▲4.944.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form63.4+5.1
Sixth form college4.5+1.4
Further education24.5−8.7
Other education0.7+0.4
Apprenticeship1+0.7
Employment0.3−1.1
Not in a lasting destination2.4+0.4
Activity not captured3.1+1.7

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.2 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 29.9 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 30.7 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 32.0 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 37.0 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 34.9 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 34.1 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 35.2 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
139 studentsB- (35.2)Well above average +0.40
139 studentsB- (35.2)Well above average +0.40
35 studentsDist- (32.5)Above average +0.44
25 studentsDist (33.8)Average -0.01
12.4%AAB or better
88.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24157C+ (34.1)+0.36
2022/23156C+ (34.9)—
2021/22154B- (37)—
2018/19170C+ (32)+0.07
2017/18185C (30.7)+0.15
2016/17193C (29.9)+0.06
2015/16193C (29.2)0.00

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University68−7.2
Further and other education2.4+1.8
Further education1.8—
Other education0.6—
Apprenticeship4.7+0.5
Employment8.3+0.4
Not in a lasting destination13.6+6.9
Activity not captured3−2.5

Ofsted

Oaks Park High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Improved significantly.

Outcome
Improved significantly
Inspected
23 Apr 2025
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2019Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2011Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Oct 2008Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (66 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
73%
Replies
66
4% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼77% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼82% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼78% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼77% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼74% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼81% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼77% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼82% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●93% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼60% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼60% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 77% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼42% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 36% who had a child bullied

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