Oak Wood School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Uxbridge, Hillingdon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hillingdon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oak Wood School is a secondary school in Uxbridge, Hillingdon for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2022. Hillingdon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Oak Wood 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 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
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, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 7 earlier years.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 101 first-choice applications for 215 offers: 0.5 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 17 Hillingdon secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 114 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 33% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hillingdon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hillingdon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Sutton Court Road, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, UB10 9HT
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,275 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Oak Wood School are polite, friendly and confident.”
- “They are part of a diverse community and get along well with each other.”
- “Staff here inspire pupils and develop their knowledge, understanding and character.”
To improve
- “A few pupils are slow to engage with these activities, and some teachers move on to the next stage of learning too quickly.”
- “This means some pupils do not recall the knowledge that teachers intend them to.”
- “But some pupils say that they do not always choose to do so.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 July 2022 (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) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | 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: 101 first-preference applications, 215 offers in total, 101 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 Hillingdon.
- Swakeleys School for Girls 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishopshalt School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- De Salis Studio College 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Hewens College 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Uxbridge High School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Park Academy West London 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Rosedale College 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Parkside Studio College 1.4 mi Good