# The Oaks Secondary School — Spennymoor, United Kingdom

> School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews.
> HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/spennymoor/the-oaks-secondary-school-11379

## At a glance

- **Type:** Special
- **Parent rating:** 4.4/5 from 3 published reviews
- **Students:** 340
- **Founded:** 2005
- **Principal:** Mr Tweddle

## Contact

- **Address:** The Oaks Secondary School, Rock Road, Spennymoor, Co Durham
- **Phone:** 01388 827380
- **Website:** https://www.theoaksschool.co.uk/
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/spennymoor/the-oaks-secondary-school-11379

## About

The Oaks Secondary School is a large, local authority school for young people with special educational needs. We offer a diverse and enriched curriculum for over 340 pupils, supported by a wide range of accreditation opportunities.

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Outstanding — Apr 2013
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Outstanding — Apr 2013

## Recent parent reviews

- **5/5** — Excellent School: We have been with The Oaks for 4 years now and have never been disappointed. The teachers are amazing, the facilities are excellent and the values they instil in our children are exactly what we want for them. We've seen our child's confidence grow and their learning progress so much. We couldn't recommend this school enough. *(Sep 2022)*
- **4/5** — Good but needs improvement: We're generally happy with The Oaks, but we do think they could do more to involve parents in the curriculum and learning process. The teachers are great, but sometimes it feels like they're not communicating enough with us about our child's progress. Still, we've seen our child learn a lot and make friends, so we'll keep an open mind and give them another year. *(Nov 2021)*
- **4/5** — Great Support for SEN: My child attended The Oaks a few years ago and we were really impressed with the support they gave them. The staff were always available to talk and the facilities were great. I do think the school could improve on communication with parents, but overall we were very happy with our child's experience. *(Mar 2021)*

## Other schools in Spennymoor
- [Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/spennymoor/rosa-street-primary-and-nursery-academy-15981) — 4.8/5 (4 reviews)
- [St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/spennymoor/st-charles-catholic-primary-school-tudhoe-21947) — 4.6/5 (4 reviews)
- [The Meadows Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/spennymoor/the-meadows-academy-24165) — 4.6/5 (4 reviews)
- [North Park Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/spennymoor/north-park-primary-school-10965) — 4.8/5 (3 reviews)
- [King Street Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/spennymoor/king-street-primary-school-10567) — 4.1/5 (3 reviews)
- [Pixley Dell Nursery](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/spennymoor/pixley-dell-nursery-508263)

---
Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents.
Please attribute and link to https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/spennymoor/the-oaks-secondary-school-11379 when citing this data.