Oakdale School
Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield, SK16 5LD
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- KINGFISHER LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anne Redmond
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Kingfisher Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 166
- Pupils on roll
- 167
- URN
- 151321
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01613679299
About this school
Oakdale School is a special academy in Dukinfield. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 167 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Oakdale School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Oakdale School (URN 106281).
Inspection history
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cromwell High School0.1 miles
Academies · Dukinfield
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Thomas Ashton School0.7 miles
Academies · Hyde
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Tameside Alternative Provision Academy0.8 miles
Academies · Dukinfield
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Trinity School0.9 miles
Independent schools · Stalybridge
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Tame Bank1.2 miles
Special schools · Stalybridge
Other schools in Dukinfield
- Cromwell High 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 teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a special school in Dukinfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Oakdale School?
- The headteacher of Oakdale School is Mrs Anne Redmond, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Oakdale School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oakdale 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 Oakdale School?
- Oakdale School has 167 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Oakdale School full?
- Oakdale School has capacity for 166 pupils and 167 on roll (101%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Oakdale School a faith school?
- No. Oakdale School has no designated religious character.
- Is Oakdale School part of an academy trust?
- Oakdale School is part of KINGFISHER LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Oakdale School have?
- The schools register lists Oakdale School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- Does Oakdale School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Oakdale School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 10 July 2026.