Twin Oaks Primary School

Twin Oaks Primary School is performing at an expected standard overall. The school has a strong commitment to safeguarding, ensuring a safe environment where pupils feel valued and supported. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, with a particular emphasis on improving reading, writing, and mathematics, though there are inconsistencies in teaching quality that require attention. While pupils are increasingly well supported, especially those with special educational needs, attendance remains a significant concern, impacting overall achievement.

Strengths

• Leaders prioritize reading, writing, and mathematics to improve standards.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils foster a positive learning environment.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum design.
• High-quality pastoral support for pupil well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Too many pupils do not attend school regularly, impacting their achievement.
• Achievement in national tests is well below the national average.
• Inconsistencies in teaching quality across subjects.
• Need for further development of writing opportunities across the curriculum.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Twin Oaks Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.5% of pupils at Twin Oaks Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Twin Oaks Primary School had 16.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 22.7% of pupils at Twin Oaks Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Twin Oaks Primary School received £11,687 and spent £11,180 for each of its 176 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £521,000 (£2,962 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Twin Oaks Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Twin Oaks Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Twin Oaks Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Twin Oaks Primary School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Twin Oaks Primary School have?

Twin Oaks Primary School has 176 pupils on roll.

What age range does Twin Oaks Primary School cover?

Twin Oaks Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Twin Oaks Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Twin Oaks Primary School?

Twin Oaks Primary School is at Scawen Road, London, SE8 5AE.