The Oaks Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Crewe, CW2 7NQ
- Distance
- 0.5km away
St Thomas More Catholic High School
Dane Bank Avenue, Crewe, CW2 8AE
Local ranking6th of 22 secondary schools in Cheshire East
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
640
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 5 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 127
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 99.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 647
- Boys
- 316 (49%)
- Girls
- 326 (51%)
- Capacity
- 640 (100% full)
- SEND
- 13.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.3%
- EAL
- 27.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.4%
- SEN Support
- 7.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,791/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 58.6%
- White Other: 20.8%
- Asian Indian: 3.9%
- Black African: 3.6%
- Asian Other: 3.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Asian Chinese: 2.0%
- Black Other: 1.2%
58.6%
White British
20.8%
White Other
3.9%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Dane Bank Avenue
Crewe, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 139764
- UKPRN
- 10041830
- Establishment No.
- 4612
- Trust
- THE SOUTH CHESHIRE CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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