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Secondary school in Ilford, Redbridge

Oaks Park High School

45-65 Oaks Lane, Newbury Park, Ilford, Essex, IG2 7PQ

Sixth form
School website 02085902245

Ofsted

Judged to have improved significantly, on 24 April 2025.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

53.5 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

58% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

76% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.9 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

62% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.63confidence interval 0.46 to 0.80

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
B-
Average points per entry
35.2

England average 32.3

A level students
139

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1783
Places
1830
How full
Nearly full — 1783 of 1830 places taken
Girls / boys
861 / 922
Overall absence
7%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
20%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
22%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
56%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
8%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
95%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
93%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
60%
No sustained destination
4%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
291

After sixth form

Went to university
75%

England 50%

In education, work or training
91%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
157

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

27% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
84%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
161

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Redbridge 013D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
40%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
18%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
57%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
18%

England 17%

Households with no car
23%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
35%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Joanne Hamill
Local authority
Redbridge
Ward
Aldborough
Constituency
Ilford North
URN
133405

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Seven Kings SchoolCommunity school No grade 57.3 0.7 mi
The Palmer Catholic AcademyAcademy converter No grade 48.8 1 mi
King Solomon High SchoolVoluntary aided school Requires improvement 2024 46.8 1.1 mi
Valentines High SchoolCommunity school No grade 59.3 1.1 mi
Atam AcademyFree schools Good 2024 57.2 1.1 mi
Ilford County High SchoolCommunity school No grade 75.7 1.1 mi
Ark Isaac Newton AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 56.7 1.2 mi
Chadwell Heath AcademyAcademy converter No grade 53.7 1.2 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
St Damian's RC Science CollegeVoluntary aided school Outstanding 2023 55.1
Crookhorn CollegeFoundation school No grade 42.6
Bourne Community CollegeFoundation school No grade 39.1
Lift Richmond ParkAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 56.1
Redhill AcademyAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 50.6
Meopham SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 39.9
Oldbury Wells SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 44.9
Ellesmere Park High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 45.8

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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