[3] It is co-educational and caters for students in the 11–16 age range, as it does not have a sixth form.

[4] Its Headteachers have been: At the Ofsted inspection in November 2013, the school was judged to be Grade 2 - Good.

[5] This followed its previous inspection in 2012 where it was rated Grade 3 - Satisfactory[6] and was removed from special measures.

New and updated Drama suite and increased seating areas with table-tennis tables, computers run on Windows 10 and have all been recently updated Oakwood was originally the preferred site for the new Horley leisure centre,[8] but unforeseen costs made the site uneconomical.

The school also hosts the Horley detachment of the Army Cadet Force.