Oakwood High School

State-Funded School

oakwood-high-school-rotherham-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

RotherhamLocal Authority

RotherhamConstituency

S60 2UHPostcode

5.7

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Oakwood High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,067 pupils. Oakwood High School is part of INSPIRE LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 19 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 47.5
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 37.7%
EBacc average point score: 3.89

Ethnicity

White

45%

Asian

35%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

1,067

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

28%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 1,067
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: INSPIRE LEARNING TRUST

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 10 November 2021. 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
22 Jan 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.