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Oaks Park High School

URN
133405
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Oaks Park High School
URN
133405
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

76 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

81

Inspection

75

Admissions Value

73

Destinations

67

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

Top 25% of secondary schools in England

Top 25% nationally

#8 of 15 schools in Redbridge

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework

A more recent ungraded monitoring visit was published on 8 June 2025: Improved significantly. The outcomes below are from the latest full graded inspection.

Full inspection published
2 December 2019
Inspection date
8 October 2019
Inspection type
S8 No Formal Designation Visit
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 2 December 2019

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 2 December 2019

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

293

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

694

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

293

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.37×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Redbridge
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Redbridge)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://oakspark.co.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Redbridge to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

53.5

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

57.6%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

75.5%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

62.1%

EBacc achievement

Location

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

Contact details

Address
45-65 Oaks Lane, Newbury Park, Ilford, Essex
Postcode
IG2 7PQ
Phone
2085902245
Website
http://oakspark.co.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Redbridge
Local authority code
317

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 165 schools in Redbridge.

Authority statistics

Total schools

165

Open schools

95

Closed schools

70

Primary schools

89

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 2 December 2019

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 2 December 2019

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 2 December 2019

  • Sixth form

    Outstanding

    Graded 2 December 2019

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    8 June 202524 April 2025-Improved significantlyView report for inspection published 8 June 2025
    2 December 20198 October 2019S8 No Formal Designation VisitGoodView report for inspection published 2 December 2019
    • Improved significantly

      Published
      8 June 2025
      Inspected
      24 April 2025
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report
    • Good

      Published
      2 December 2019
      Inspected
      8 October 2019
      Type
      S8 No Formal Designation Visit
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    42.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 171

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    31.7%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Well above average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    35.2

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.40

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    12.4%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    93.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    Not published

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    1.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    20

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary89 (53.9%)
    • Secondary20 (12.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other56 (33.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    William Torbitt Primary School513 mPrimaryOpen
    William Torbitt Infant School513 mPrimaryClosed
    Newbury Park Primary School525 mPrimaryOpen
    Hatchside School556 mNot applicableOpen
    Aldborough Primary School891 mPrimaryOpen
    Downshall Primary School934 mPrimaryOpen
    Downshall Primary School934 mPrimaryClosed
    New Mossford School950 mNot applicableClosed
    Avanti Court Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryClosed
    Avanti Court Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    • William Torbitt Primary School
      Distance
      513 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • William Torbitt Infant School
      Distance
      513 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Newbury Park Primary School
      Distance
      525 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Hatchside School
      Distance
      556 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Redbridge)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Beal High SchoolSecondaryIG4 5LPClosed
    Beal High SchoolSecondaryIG4 5LPOpen
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    Caterham High SchoolSecondaryIG5 0QWOpen
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    • Beal High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      IG4 5LP
      Status
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    • Beal High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      IG4 5LP
      Status
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    • Canon Palmer Catholic School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      IG3 8EU
      Status
      Closed
    • Caterham High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      IG5 0QW
      Status
      Open
    • Chadwell Heath Academy
    Aldborough Primary School
    Distance
    891 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Downshall Primary School
    Distance
    934 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Downshall Primary School
    Distance
    934 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • New Mossford School
    Distance
    950 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Avanti Court Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Avanti Court Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    RM6 4RS
    Status
    Open