Oakdale School
Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield, SK16 5LD
This school is closed (it closed in May 2025).
It was replaced by Oakdale School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs T Tray
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 164
- Pupils on roll
- 169
- URN
- 106281
- Local authority
- Tameside
About this school
Oakdale School was a community special school in Dukinfield. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 169 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Oakdale School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 14 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -7.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Oakdale 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 | Tameside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 146 |
| 2023/24 | 161 |
| 2024/25 | 169 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 63.31%
- English as an additional language
- 16%
- Overall absence
- 8.93%
- Persistent absence
- 30.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oakdale School0.0 miles
Academies · Dukinfield
-
Cromwell High School0.1 miles
Academies · Dukinfield
-
Thomas Ashton School0.7 miles
Academies · Hyde
-
Tameside Alternative Provision Academy0.8 miles
Academies · Dukinfield
-
Trinity School0.9 miles
Independent schools · Stalybridge
Other schools in Dukinfield
- Cromwell High School Academies
- Oakdale School Academies
- Stansfield House Special schools
- Tameside Alternative Provision Academy Academies
- Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Lyndhurst Primary School Primary
- Ravensfield Primary School Primary
- St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield Primary
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- Yew Tree Primary School Primary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- Rayner Stephens High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Oakdale School teach?
- Oakdale School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a special school in Dukinfield.
- Has Oakdale School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Oakdale School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Oakdale School?
- Oakdale School had 169 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Oakdale School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Oakdale School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oakdale 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 7 July 2025.