Oxlow Bridge School
Oxlow Bridge School is a special free school in Dagenham for boys and girls aged 3 to 19. It has 18 pupils and room for 90. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
100 Wantz Road, Dagenham, RM10 8PP020 3909 2346oxlowbridge.comMrs Candice Hubbard-Webb headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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 Barking and Dagenham 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 profound and multiple learning difficulties, 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 Barking and Dagenham with profound and multiple learning difficulties provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Profound and multiple learning difficulty (14).
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Hall Primary School | Council | 60 m | 600 | Good 2023 | 41 | Compare |
| Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base | Council | 330 m | 576 | Good 2023 | 81 | Compare |
| Eastbrook School | Council | 680 m | 1,320 | Report card 2025 | 19 | Compare |
| Trinity School | Council | 720 m | 312 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Brook Sixth Form and Academy | University technical college | 920 m | 273 | No overall grade 2024 | 28 | Compare |
| Parsloes Primary School | Council | 930 m | 412 | Good 2023 | 70 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 940 m | 277 | Good 2023 | 56 | Compare |
| Five Elms Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 460 | Good 2022 | 64 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Oxlow Bridge School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Oxlow Bridge School yet.
How many pupils does Oxlow Bridge School have?
18 pupils aged 3 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 90 places, so it is 20% full.
Does Oxlow Bridge School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
Does Oxlow Bridge School have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 100 Wantz Road, Dagenham, RM10 8PP
- Telephone
- 020 3909 2346
- Website
- www.oxlowbridge.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Candice Hubbard-Webb
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 3-19, with nursery, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Partnership Learning (20 schools)
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Ward
- Alibon
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy free school)
- URN
- 151729 · LAESTAB 3017009 · UKPRN 10098684
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.
- 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.