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The Oaks Academy (Cheshire)

academy in Crewe, Cheshire, England

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ6410952 ↗
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The Oaks Academy (formerly King's Grove High School) is a mixed secondary school located on Buchan Grove in Crewe, Cheshire, England.

History

The site was the former Crewe Grammar School for Girls.

It was previously a foundation school administered by Cheshire East Council, King's Grove High School.

The school converted to academy status in January 2016 and was renamed the Oaks Academy. However the school continues to coordinate with Cheshire East Council for admissions.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Oaks Academy (Cheshire)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.