Oak Lodge School

State-Funded School

oak-lodge-school-barnet-london

LondonRegion

BarnetLocal Authority

Finchley and Golders GreenConstituency

N2 0QYPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Oak Lodge School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Barnet, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 190 pupils. Oak Lodge School is part of Barnet Special Education Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

44%

Asian

10%

Black

19%

Mixed

16%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

190

Total Pupils

68%Boys

32%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

38%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 190
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: Barnet Special Education Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 5 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
31 Jan 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.