Oakley School, Leamington Spa

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades Oakley School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have created a nurturing and well‑organised early years provision where children feel secure and ready to learn."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a highly ambitious and coherent programme for pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils' achievement is typically secure across the school."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have established clear systems for monitoring and improving attendance, and these are increasingly effective."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a clear and coherent curriculum that reflects the school's unique context and ambition for all pupils."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a well‑organised and responsive approach to identifying and meeting pupils' needs."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a clear and ambitious vision for the school and understand its strengths and the challenges it faces."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that, across all subjects, teachers routinely check that all pupils, including those with additional needs, have secured the intended knowledge in each lesson and adapt teaching precisely where this is not the case, so that pupils keep up with the full curriculum alongside their peers and can access appropriate support promptly when needed"; "Leaders should ensure that improvements in attendance are sustained and extend across all groups, particularly disadvantaged pupils, so that attendance no longer limits pupils' learning and wellbeing"; "Leaders should ensure that behaviour expectations are implemented consistently for older pupils to ensure a calm and purposeful environment in classrooms and around the school".

In its own words: "Timings of the School Day: Drop off: 8.40 - 8:45am (doors close at 8:45) Pick Up : 3.15pm A Typical Day at Oakley School [Primary]: This will differ for EYFS 8.40am - 8.45am Children start to arrive and go directly to their classrooms"

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 12 November 2026 and an open evening on Tuesday 1 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

For September 2026 entry, 171 families put Oakley School as their first choice and 485 named it as one of their preferences, for 170 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 30 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Oakley School are Campion School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8); Myton School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.5); Trinity Catholic School (2.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.1); and Aylesford School Warwick (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.4).

Oakley School is one of 14 schools run by Stowe Valley Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46 in 2024/25.

In 2026, 118 pupils (18.3%) received SEN support and 54 (8.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Oakley School has a resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health needs: 15 places, 15 pupils on roll.

Oakley School had 39 teachers in 2026, one for every 10 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Leamington Spa Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oakley School (adjacent), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Oakley School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 6th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Oakley School issued 111 suspensions, 29.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Oakley School are St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy (0.7 miles), Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School (0.8 miles), St. Margaret's CofE Junior School (0.8 miles) and Heathcote Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.