School profile
Oakdale School
Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5LD
Overview
Oakdale School is a special / send school (academy special converter) in Dukinfield, North West, for pupils aged 2–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy special converter
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Age range
- Ages 2–11
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- School capacity
- 166
- Pupils on roll
- 167
- URN
- 151321
Admissions
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Academy trust or group
- KINGFISHER LEARNING TRUST
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Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
DfE has not published results for this school under its current identity.
Previous school performance
These results relate to a predecessor school that operated before the current establishment. They are not results for the school under its current identity.
| Measure | School |
|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard | 0% |
| Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard | 0% |
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 · Published 23 June 2025
Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Oakdale School. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Requires improvement
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 14 September 2023 · Published 11 October 2023
Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Oakdale School. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Location
- Address
- Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5LD
- Local authority
- Tameside
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