Oaks Park High School (OPHS) is a comprehensive secondary school and sixth form situated in the London Borough of Redbridge in east London and has around 2600 students and over 80 staff. The school is a officially known to be a sports school.
Oaks Park is a specialist Music College and their current GCSE results are marginally above the national average in England.
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