Oak Wood Secondary School, Nuneaton

The nearest other special schools to Oak Wood Secondary School are Oak Wood Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good); ALP Nuneaton (0.5 miles, Good); Discovery Academy (1.4 miles, Good); and Ashcroft School (3.1 miles, Requires improvement).

Oak Wood Secondary School is one of 7 schools run by Central England Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 22 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 100% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 27% to a further education college.

48.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, and 13.7% speak English as an additional language, according to the 2026 school census.

Almost every pupil at Oak Wood Secondary School has an education, health and care plan (168 of 168 in 2026). The most common need among them is a severe learning difficulty.

Oak Wood Secondary School provides for pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Bermuda Park Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Morris Drive (adjacent), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Oak Wood Secondary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 307 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Oak Wood Secondary School issued 13 suspensions, 7.4 for every 100 pupils, and no permanent exclusions.