Oak Wood School (formerly ''

Abbotsfield School for Boys Abbotsfield School for Boys was an Single-sex education, all-boys school in Hillingdon, West London. It closed on 20 July 2017, replaced on the site by the new co-ed Oak Wood School, which officially opened on 1 September 2017, under the same he ...

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London Borough of Hillingdon The London Borough of Hillingdon () is the largest and westernmost borough in West London, England. It was formed from the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton in the ceremonial county ...

, England. The school was rated 'Good' in its most recent Ofsted inspection. It shares a site with the

Swakeleys School for Girls Swakeleys School for Girls is a secondary school and sixth form for girls located in the Hillingdon area of the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. It is the only girls' school in the borough and used to share a site with Abbotsfield School f ...

History

The original school, Abbotsfield School for Boys, was established on Clifton Gardens in 1953. The Abbotsfield and Swakeleys schools consisted of fourteen one- to two-storey blocks dating from the 1950s to 2005 and shared one site. The old school was renamed on 20 July 2018 and was relaunched as co-educational under the name Oak Wood School. The original closing date was put as 2016, though this was delayed in order to allow building works to be completed on the site. The old school buildings were used until the new facility was opened, at which point the old buildings were demolished, with the same happening to Swakeleys School's buildings. The new building works for both Abbotsfield and Swakeleys were funded by the

. The reason cited for Abbotsfield's re-opening as co-ed was due to the school's low admission rates and performance. The school moved into its new building in January 2018. On 2 February 2018, Ray Puddifoot, Leader of the Hillingon Council, and

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, MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip attended alongside headteacher Mark Bland. The pair unveiled a plaque in the school's entrance hall. Cllr Ray Puddifoot was a former pupil of the school. The new school building has purpose-built drama and music areas, 4-court sports hall and external sports courts, dance studio, increasing the number of school places by 375. A vocaThe school has specially resourced provision for pupils with SEND. The school has now reached 'Good' status in 2022 under the current headteacher, Daniel Cowling.https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50187809

Headteachers

* Daniel Cowling (current) * Gilly Hare * Mark Bland (under Oak Wood and Abbotsfield) * David Henderson (under Abbotsfield) * Robert Preston (under Abbotsfield)

Academia

The house groups are as follows: *

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- Blue * Pankhurst - Yellow *

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- Green The first three houses were chosen by the school's student council in 2016/17. Yousafzai was chosen in 2022 as a fourth house.

Notable alumni

References

External links

Oak Wood School website
{{authority control Foundation schools in the London Borough of Hillingdon Educational institutions established in 2017 Secondary schools in the London Borough of Hillingdon 2017 establishments in England