Secondary
The Oaks Secondary School
Rock Road, Spennymoor, DL16 7DB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 349 pupils
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2023
Outstanding
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
0%
3.5
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 3.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.3 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 1% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0% |
| 22/23 | 2% |
| 23/24 | 2% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.86 |
| 22/23 | -1.64 |
| 23/24 | -1.69 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 4.8 |
| 22/23 | 3.0 |
| 23/24 | 4.0 |
| 24/25 | 3.5 |
Rock Road, Spennymoor, DL16 7DB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
County Durham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Executive Head Teacher
- Martyn Tweddle
- Address
- Rock Road, Spennymoor, DL16 7DB
- Telephone
- 01388827380