Oakfield Lodge School
Oakfield Lodge School is an academy alternative provision converter in Crewe for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 47 pupils and room for 60. About 68 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Warmingham Road, Crewe, CW1 4PP01270 918337oakfieldlodge.cheshire.sch.ukMiss Emma Thompson interim headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 1 July 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Cheshire East council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (20), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Other difficulty or disability (2), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (2), Specific learning difficulty (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 47 | 37 | 45 | 58 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 68% | 78% | 69% | 64% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 9% | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 32% | 27% | 22% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 14% | 20% | 19% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 23 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 59%, compared with 83% for everyone else.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone Academy | Independent | 90 m | 16 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Mablins Lane Community Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 611 | No overall grade 2024 | 30 | Compare |
| Monks Coppenhall Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 664 | Good 2023 | 59 | Compare |
| St Michael's Community Academy | Academy | 1.1 miles | 412 | Requires improvement 2023 | 2 | Compare |
| Sir William Stanier School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 633 | Report card 2026 | 2 | Compare |
| Leighton Academy | Academy | 1.4 miles | 467 | Good 2023 | 60 | Compare |
| Beechwood Primary School and Nursery | Council | 1.6 miles | 474 | Report card 2026 | 36 | Compare |
| Cheshire Studio School | Studio schools | 1.6 miles | 0 | Good 2023 | 12 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Oakfield Lodge School a good school?
Oakfield Lodge School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in July 2025.
What is Oakfield Lodge School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Oakfield Lodge School not judged at its last full inspection on 1 July 2025.
How many pupils does Oakfield Lodge School have?
47 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 60 places, so it is 78% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Warmingham Road, Crewe, CW1 4PP
- Telephone
- 01270 918337
- Website
- www.oakfieldlodge.cheshire.sch.uk
- Interim Headteacher
- Miss Emma Thompson
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Manor Hall Academy Trust (16 schools)
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Ward
- Crewe East
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2022 (academy converter)
- URN
- 148886 · LAESTAB 8951100 · UKPRN 10089744
- Formerly
- Oakfield Lodge School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.