| Oakwood School | |
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| Address | |
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Balcombe Road ,, RH6 9AE | |
| Coordinates | 51°10′23″N0°09′20″W / 51.173°N 0.155439°W /51.173; -0.155439 |
| Information | |
| Type | Community school |
| Motto | "Achieving Excellence Together" |
| Established | 1989 |
| Local authority | Surrey County Council |
| Department for Education URN | 125273Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head of Governors | David Brown |
| Head teacher | Jon Gladstone[1] |
| Gender | co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | Approximately 1300 |
| Houses | 5 (Shakespeare, Newton, Austin, Nightingale and Brunel)[2] |
| Colour(s) | Green and Black |
| Website | www |
Oakwood School is acommunitysecondary school located inHorley,Surrey, England.[3] It isco-educational and caters for students in the 11–16 age range, as it does not have asixth form.[3]
Oakwood was opened in 1989 following the merger of Court Lodge Comprehensive (shut down on 31 August 1989) and Horley Comprehensive (Secondary Modern) School.[4]
Its Headteachers have been:
At theOfsted inspection in November 2013, the school was judged to beGrade 2 - Good.[5] This followed its previous inspection in 2012 where it was ratedGrade 3 - Satisfactory[6] and was removed fromspecial measures.
The school has a sports centre which is managed by Blue Leisure[7] and includes a fitness gym,astroturffive-a-side pitches, as well as sports halls for a variety of activities.
New and updated Drama suite and increased seating areas with table-tennis tables, computers run on Windows 10 and have all been recently updated
Oakwood was originally the preferred site for the new Horley leisure centre,[8] but unforeseen costs made the site uneconomical. The new leisure centre is currently under construction on the site of the former Court Lodge Comprehensive.
The school also hosts the Horley detachment of theArmy Cadet Force.[9]
Oakwood is a founder member of the Horley Learning Partnership, an extended confederation which incorporates the Horley SureStart Children’s Centre.[10]
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