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Oakwood School

Special schoolAges 3–15Academy

Brownhills, WS9 9JS · Walsall local authority

Brownhills’s School Grade C better than 26% of towns in England

How full
272 pupils
181% of its 150 places
Free school meals
54%
54 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Oakwood School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 272 pupils for 150 places
  • 54% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WS9 9) sold for a median £273,500; Brownhills’s is £218,250
Its letter

No letter for Oakwood School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), June 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Oakwood School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in WS9 9, the school’s postcode sector

Brownhills property prices →
£273,500
median sale, 251 sales in 36 months · Brownhills £218,250

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025WS9 9Brownhills
WS9 9Brownhills

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£365K
Semi-detached
£252K
Terraced
£201K
Flat
£127K
WS9 9Brownhills

Homes in WS9 9 sell for well over Brownhills’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

11 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBB−B−A−C+DDB−AC−BOakwood School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Brownhills, WS9 9JS

Oakwood School: common questions

What is Oakwood School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (June 2024).

How much do houses cost near Oakwood School?

Homes in its postcode sector, WS9 9, sold for a median £273,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (251 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Brownhills’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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