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Oakdale School

Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield, SK16 5LD

Ofsted: Requires improvement

Independent

Phase

166

Capacity

2-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

School history and successor

Continues from Oakdale School (URN 106281) since 1 November 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Requires improvement
Early years
Requires improvement

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

Pupil Demographics

2024-25
Total Pupils
169
Capacity
166 (0% full)
SEND
100.0%
FSM Eligible
63.3%
EAL
16.0%
SEN with EHC Plan
100.0%
SEN Support
0.0%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio
9.1:1
Teachers (FTE)
18.7
Budget per Pupil
£7,396/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25
Overall Absence Rate
8.9% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence
30.9% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type
Academy special converter
Religious Character
Does not apply
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Boarders
No boarders
Admissions
Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25
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  • White British: 65.8%
  • Asian Other: 7.3%
  • Black African: 6.7%
  • Asian Pakistani: 6.1%
  • Asian Bangladeshi: 3.7%
  • Mixed Other: 3.0%
  • White Other: 2.4%
  • Other: 1.8%

65.8%

White British

7.3%

Asian Other

6.7%

Black African

Historical Trends

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01613679299
ann.hewitt@oakdale.tameside.sch.uk
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Cheetham Hill Road

Dukinfield, North West

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Administrative

URN
151321
UKPRN
10096324
Establishment No.
7009
Trust
KINGFISHER LEARNING TRUST

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