Coordinates: 50°43′45″N 1°59′04″W / 50.7292°N 1.9844°W / 50.7292; -1.9844 Oakdale South Road Middle School is a middle school for 8–12 year-olds in Poole, Dorset, attended by 540 pupils.
The school was opened in 1997 after the amalgamation of Oakdale Middle School and South Road Combined School (now Old Town First School). It was originally intended to be named Tatnam Farm Middle School. Pupils come to the school mainly from Stanley Green First School in Oakdale and Old Town First School in the town centre.
The school's playing field is home to Poole Town Football Club.
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