Oakwood Specialist College
Oakwood Specialist College is a special post 16 institution in Dawlish for boys and girls aged 16 to 25.
7/9 Oak Park Villas, 7/9 Oak Park Villas, Dawlish, EX7 0DE0330 135 8170oakwoodcourt.ac.ukMrs Esther Williams principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
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 Devon council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficulties.
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 Devon with moderate learning difficulties provision.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education and Care (Devon) Ltd At 7-9 Oak Park Villas | Miscellaneous | 60 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Dawlish College | Academy | 320 m | 782 | Not inspected | 17 | Compare |
| Chances Educational Support Services | Independent | 450 m | 20 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Gatehouse Primary Academy | Academy | 510 m | 314 | Report card 2026 | 10 | Compare |
| Westcliff Primary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 296 | No overall grade 2024 | 2 | Compare |
| Orchard Manor School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 227 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Cockwood Primary School | Academy | 2.3 miles | 86 | Good 2023 | 66 | Compare |
| Hazeldown School | Council | 2.3 miles | 403 | No overall grade 2024 | 69 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Oakwood Specialist College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Oakwood Specialist College yet.
How many pupils does Oakwood Specialist College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
Does Oakwood Specialist College have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficulties. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 7/9 Oak Park Villas, 7/9 Oak Park Villas, Dawlish, EX7 0DE
- Telephone
- 0330 135 8170
- Website
- oakwoodcourt.ac.uk
- Principal
- Mrs Esther Williams
- Type of school
- Special post 16 institution (Special post 16 institution, other types)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 16-25
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Devon
- Ward
- Dawlish North East
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 19 June 2006 (new provision)
- URN
- 131947 · LAESTAB 8787905 · UKPRN 10004841
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.
- 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.