Oaklands School is a special school in Hounslow, United Kingdom with 296 pupils. Ofsted: Outstanding, inspected 25 June 2019. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Lunchtime Classroom assistants (closes 20 November) and Speech and Language Therapist (closes 17 November).
Head
Mairead Standring, Headteacher
Type
Special school
Pupils
296 pupils · 27% girls · 42.6% eligible for free school meals · 42.2% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
0 (0.0%) on SEN support · 296 (100.0%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Oaklands is an outstanding special school serving the London Borough of Hounslow that provides specialist education to students with severe learning difficulties, profound and…
Oaklands is an outstanding special school serving the London Borough of Hounslow that provides specialist education to students with severe learning difficulties, profound and…
Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
0%
0%
2023/24
0%
0%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
7 May 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
25 June 2019
Graded inspection
Outstanding
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
45.8
6.5
–
0
£58,512
2024/25
40.8
6.5
9%
0
£52,445
2023/24
41.2
6.2
11%
0
£48,460
2022/23
38.4
5.9
24%
0
£46,717
2021/22
32.6
6.5
17%
0
£47,539
2020/21
29.0
6.1
13%
1
£47,526
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
28.2
5.4
29%
0
£46,734
2018/19
25.8
4.8
16%
0
£45,583
2017/18
19.2
5.3
14%
0
£44,623
2016/17
17.0
5.6
6%
0
£45,004
2015/16
18.2
5.1
29%
0
£44,789
2014/15
18.4
4.9
14%
0
£40,387
2013/14
17.1
4.4
33%
0
£35,142
2012/13
15.0
5.1
13%
0
£39,847
2011/12
13.3
4.8
22%
0
£44,457
2010/11
16.0
4.2
12%
0
£43,729
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
12.6%
4.3%
38.3%
4.7%
2024/25
13.2%
3.8%
43.4%
5.6%
2023/24
16.1%
3.7%
44.4%
7.9%
2022/23
16.0%
2.9%
48.0%
7.2%
2021/22
14.4%
4.4%
37.2%
6.6%
2020/21
10.8%
3.5%
29.5%
5.7%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
9.9%
2.6%
37.1%
1.4%
2017/18
12.1%
3.9%
41.0%
1.6%
2016/17
16.9%
5.9%
41.0%
14.8%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.