Oak Lodge School
101 Nightingale Lane, Balham, London, SW12 8NA
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 10 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Rowlandson
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Tooting
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 96
- URN
- 101094
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086733453
About this school
Oak Lodge School is a community special school in London. It teaches children aged 10 to 19 and has 96 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Oak Lodge School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 24 April 2025, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 1 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - |
| Expected standard in reading | - |
| Expected standard in maths | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| Attainment 8 score | 4.1 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.07 -2.05 to -0.09 | -1.39 -2.27 to -0.51 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Oak Lodge School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wandsworth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1 | 38.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 2.9 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.7 | 38 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 90 |
| 2023/24 | 102 |
| 2024/25 | 91 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 73.08%
- English as an additional language
- 58.2%
- Overall absence
- 9.53%
- Persistent absence
- 42.55%
Location
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Common questions
- What ages does Oak Lodge School teach?
- Oak Lodge School teaches children aged 10 to 19. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Oak Lodge School?
- The executive headteacher of Oak Lodge School is Mrs Caroline Rowlandson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Oak Lodge School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oak Lodge School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Oak Lodge School?
- Oak Lodge School has 96 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 10 to 19.
- Is Oak Lodge School full?
- Oak Lodge School has capacity for 100 pupils and 96 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Oak Lodge School a faith school?
- No. Oak Lodge School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Oak Lodge School have?
- The schools register lists Oak Lodge School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Oak Lodge School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 4.1 in 2022/23 and 0.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Oak Lodge School's absence rate?
- Oak Lodge School's overall absence rate is 9.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oak Lodge School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oak Lodge School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.