Oakley School
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Oakley School is a free school in Leamington Spa for boys and girls aged 0 to 16. It has 646 pupils and room for 1,354. About 25 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 34 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 35% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted visited in June 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Quercus Way, Leamington Spa, CV33 9WN01926 290646oakley-school.comMrs Sarah Kaye headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 2 June 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
0 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
949 places were empty (72% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
The last child to get a place lived 0.7 miles away in 2025, 1.4 miles away in 2024. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils, faith and other priority groups are placed first. After that, the closer you live, the better your chances. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2025. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 0.7 miles from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.
| Entry | Places | Got a place | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Secondary | – | – | 0.7 miles | LA |
| 2024 Secondary | 180 | 180 | 1.4 miles | LA |
The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.
What a home within 1.1 miles of the school costs
Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 15 pupils, for social, emotional and mental health.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Warwickshire with social, emotional and mental health provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (67), Autistic spectrum disorder (46), language and communications needs (25), Moderate learning difficulty (12), Specific learning difficulty (9), Other difficulty or disability (5).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 646 | 377 | 138 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 24% | 27% | 25% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 15% | 12% | 9% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 25% | 27% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 9% | 7% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 89.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 10.3% | 10.3% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 6.5% | 7.9% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 3.8% | 2.4% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 27.9% | 26.9% | 23.9% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 29.4 | 30.4 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 2 | 2 | – |
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 secondary 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 secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 238 | Not inspected | 60 | Compare |
| St. Margaret's CofE Junior School | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 356 | Good 2023 | 68 | Compare |
| Heathcote Primary School | Free school | 0.8 miles | 428 | Report card 2026 | 43 | Compare |
| Briar Hill Infant School | Council | 0.9 miles | 296 | No overall grade 2025 | 96 | Compare |
| Brickyard Barn Outdoor Learning Centre | Independent | 0.9 miles | 23 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Whitnash Primary School | Council | 1.2 miles | 413 | Good 2024 | 69 | Compare |
| Arise Education | Independent | 1.2 miles | 32 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Oakley School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 34 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 34% of secondary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 18 to 56. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | in line | -0.11 | Ofsted report card, 0.3 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | below | -0.14 | 2024/25; 377 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What pupils do next | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Oakley School a good school?
The figures are weak. Oakley School scores 34 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 35% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 18 to 56, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
What is Oakley School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 2 June 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as as expected, leadership as as expected.
How many pupils does Oakley School have?
646 pupils aged 0 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 1,354 places, so it is 48% full.
Is Oakley School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2025 the last place went to a child living 0.7 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.
What is attendance like at Oakley School?
Pupils were in school 89.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 28% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Oakley School?
The average class had 23.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. 17% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
Does Oakley School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for social, emotional and mental health. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
Does Oakley School have a sixth form?
No. Pupils leave after Year 11 for a sixth form elsewhere, a college or an apprenticeship.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Quercus Way, Leamington Spa, CV33 9WN
- Telephone
- 01926 290646
- Website
- oakley-school.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Kaye
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- All-through school, ages 0-16, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Stowe Valley Multi Academy Trust (14 schools)
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Ward
- Bishop's Tachbrook
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2023 (academy free school)
- URN
- 149717 · LAESTAB 9374015 · UKPRN 10093060
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Warwickshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2024, 2025.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- 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.