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Oaklands School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 902Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 100972URN

Old Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 6PR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
0.4 above Tower Hamlets median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Tower Hamlets

231 applications for 86 places · 5th of 15 in Tower Hamlets
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.9of 90
9th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 2 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 24 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.7applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Tower Hamlets median (2.3) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

231 applications · 86 places offered · 67 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Tower Hamlets median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4
  6. 2021 2.1; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.1; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.8; Tower Hamlets median median 3.0
  10. 2017 3.2; Tower Hamlets median median 3.2
  11. 2016 3.3; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3
  12. 2015 3.9; Tower Hamlets median median 3.6
  13. 2014 3.6; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3
  • This school
  • Tower Hamlets median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026862312.7670.78
Sep 20251293042.4870.67
Sep 20241373252.4940.69
Sep 20231404102.9970.69
Sep 20221783822.21060.60
Sep 20211823742.1830.46
Sep 20201773752.1910.51
Sep 20191263472.8860.68
Sep 20181253442.8830.66
Sep 20171173753.21020.87
Sep 20161163833.3910.78
Sep 20151194683.91191.00
Sep 20141244513.6970.78

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

152 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.99th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
Grade 5 or above in English and maths49%10th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Tower Hamlets median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.41
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15247.949%67%–
2024/2515252.454%77%–
2023/2413753.556%76%+0.41
2022/2314049.055%70%+0.20

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
100972 · 211/4296
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,000 pupils · 902 on roll
Free school meals
62.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Old Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 6PR
Local authority
Tower Hamlets

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources