Oaklands School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · London, Tower Hamlets
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Tower Hamlets · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Oaklands School is a secondary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 11–18 (community school). Tower Hamlets has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Oaklands School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as was the case at 8 of the 14 other Tower Hamlets secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 67 first-choice applications for 86 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Tower Hamlets.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was B (England B-).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tower Hamlets schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Old Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 6PR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 902 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “This is a highly inclusive and aspirational school.”
- “Pupils study a broad and balanced curriculum that matches their interests well.”
- “In the sixth form, students study a well‑chosen range of A level and vocational courses.”
To improve
- “Where individual pupils miss large amounts of school, this is often the result of unauthorised holidays.”
- “In some subjects, teachers do not routinely choose tasks that enable pupils to deepen their subject knowledge.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 54% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 67 first-preference applications, 86 offers in total, 67 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Tower Hamlets.
- Mulberry Academy Shoreditch 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Swanlea School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Morpeth School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- London Enterprise Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wapping High School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Mulberry School for Girls 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published