Oak Wood SchoolThe Douay Martyrs Catholic School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Uxbridge.

Summary of the comparison

Oak Wood School and The Douay Martyrs Catholic School are secondary schools in Uxbridge.

  • Oak Wood School scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and The Douay Martyrs Catholic School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). The Douay Martyrs Catholic School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Oak Wood School was judged Good and The Douay Martyrs Catholic School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 37.6 for Oak Wood School and 52.6 for The Douay Martyrs Catholic School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Oak Wood School (44.4 in 2021-22, 37.6 in 2024-25) and has fallen at The Douay Martyrs Catholic School (56.6 in 2021-22, 52.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Oak Wood School versus The Douay Martyrs Catholic School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure UxbridgeOak Wood SchoolUxbridgeThe Douay Martyrs Catholic SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD49/100C66/100Stronger figure
Local ranking17th of 22 in Hillingdon 9th of 22 in Hillingdon Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation school Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,287 1,437
Capacity1,350 1,297
LocationUxbridge, UB10 9HT Uxbridge, UB10 8QY
GCSE results
Attainment 837.6 52.6 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths33.3% 54.4% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths53.1% 72.0% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc79.4% 79.5% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score3.51 4.87 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort228 239
A-level results
A-level entries86 122
A-level average points25.0 32.8 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC- C+
Best 3 A-levels points25.2 33.7 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects4.8% 7.0% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,287 1,437
Free school meals (ever 6)39.8% 20.4%
English as an additional language35.4% 35.6%
SEN support9.6% 10.8%
SEN with an EHC plan2.5% 0.9%
Attendance
Overall absence10.4% 6.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence30.1% 15.7% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Oak Wood School

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