Oak Lodge School

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Oak Lodge School
Established	28 August 1905
Headteacher	Mr Peter Merrifield, MA
Specialism	Deaf education
Location	101 Nightingale Lane Balham England
LEA	Wandsworth
Ofsted number	101094
Students	70
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 18
Houses	Forest, Sky and Sun
Website	http://www.oaklodge.wandsworth.sch.uk/

Oak Lodge School is a secondary school for deaf children (aged 11 to 16), located in the London borough of Wandsworth in England. ^[1]

Oak Lodge School also hosts other services, such as Deaf First (for education of deaf adults), a Hearing Impaired Service and a 16 Plus department (providing support to deaf students who are educated at nearby colleges and on-site).

The school currently has 77 pupils from 25 different boroughs. A small number of children stay in the school's residential hostel during the week. There are 28 teachers, of whom 12 are deaf, along with 15 teaching assistants. ^[2]

[edit] Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted, the UK Government's Office for Standards in Education, inspected the school and rated it as an "exceptional school." In it's report, it stated that teaching and care of pupils is outstanding, but noted that the school's premises are cramped. ^[3]