Orange Tree School
0.6 miles76 pupils
State-funded · Special school · Barnet
Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre
Community special school · Ages 2 to 11 · Mixed · 176 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Community special school (state-funded)
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 176 census January 2026
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs C Power
- Address
- Oakleigh Road North, Whetstone, London, N20 0DH
- Borough
- Barnet
- Telephone
- 02083685336
- DfE reference (URN)
- 101396
- Website
- oakleighschool.co.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Places at special schools are normally arranged through a child's Education, Health and Care Plan, with the local authority naming the school. Speak to your borough's special educational needs team rather than applying on the general admissions form.
Inspection
Ofsted ungraded inspection, 4 December 2024: Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection confirms or questions the previous grade; it does not set a new one.
Last overall grade: Outstanding, given on 23 April 2015
Historic. This is the last time Ofsted gave the school a single overall grade. Overall grades were abolished for state schools in September 2024.
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
National test and exam measures are not shown for special schools. Most pupils are not entered for them, so the published figures (often 0%) say nothing about the school.
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 47.4% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 55.1%
- Receiving SEN support
- 19.1%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 80.9%
- Girls / boys
- 37% / 63%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Overall absence
- 8.5% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 28.5%
- Pupils per teacher
- 7.4 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Oak Hill School
0.7 miles49 pupils
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre and Oak Hill School0.7 miles apart
- Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre and Oaktree School1.4 miles apart
- Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre and Blanche Nevile School2.1 miles apart
- Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre and Oak Lodge School2.6 miles apart