Oakwood School
Oakwood School is an independent special school in Shrewsbury for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 8 pupils and room for 30.
Unit 2, The Oaks Business Park, Shepherds Lane, Shrewsbury, SY3 8BT01743 850840cambiangroup.com/specialist-education/our-schools/semh-schools/cambian-oakwood-schoolMr Mark Hazlehurst headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2022
1 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
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 Shropshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 13% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 88% | 50% | 20% | 57% | 82% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 930 m | 127 | Requires improvement 2021 | 1 | Compare |
| Oxon CofE Primary School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 425 | Outstanding 2023 | 93 | Compare |
| Bowbrook Primary School | Free school | 1.5 miles | 118 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Keystone Academy | Free school | 1.5 miles | 122 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Woodfield Infant School & Nursery | Academy | 1.7 miles | 283 | No overall grade 2025 | 96 | Compare |
| St George's Junior School | Academy | 1.8 miles | 354 | Good 2023 | 64 | Compare |
| Radbrook Primary School | Academy | 2.2 miles | 312 | Not inspected | 18 | Compare |
| Shrewsbury College | Further education | 2.3 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Oakwood School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Oakwood School yet.
How many pupils does Oakwood School have?
8 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 30 places, so it is 27% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Unit 2, The Oaks Business Park, Shepherds Lane, Shrewsbury, SY3 8BT
- Telephone
- 01743 850840
- Website
- www.cambiangroup.com/specialist-education/our-schools/semh-schools/cambian-oakwood-school
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Hazlehurst
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Ward
- Loton
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 29 November 2005 (new provision)
- URN
- 131033 · LAESTAB 8936097 · UKPRN 10017811
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, 2021/22 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- 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.