Oak Green School

Oak Green School has improved since its previous inspection and is now performing well across most areas. Inspectors found pupils are happy, confident and well mannered, behaviour is consistently strong, and personal development is exceptional, with a rich programme of experiences and a strong emphasis on character, culture and community. Reading is a high priority from the early years, attendance has improved, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school's ambitious curriculum is taking hold, although published national test outcomes remain below national expectations and are still catching up. The school is a primary with nursery provision and a specially resourced provision for pupils with autism. Staff know pupils well, including those with SEND, and the specialist provision helps pupils succeed. Leadership is ambitious and staff feel supported; governors provide effective support and challenge. However, provision is not yet consistently precise for every pupil. The main areas for improvement are the consistency of assessment checks and SEND curriculum adaptations. Sometimes staff do not spot misconceptions quickly enough, so pupils repeat mistakes, and some activities for pupils with SEND are not matched closely enough to their needs, limiting their independence. These are focused next steps rather than widespread weaknesses.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, confident, well mannered and feel safe and valued.
• Behaviour is consistently very good, with pupils polite and respectful.
• Personal development is exceptional, including rich cultural and spiritual experiences.
• Reading is prioritised highly, with effective phonics from Reception and strong catch-up.
• The ambitious curriculum builds strong foundations from the early years.
• The specially resourced SEND provision helps pupils with autism succeed.
• Staff know pupils well and accurately identify barriers to learning.
• Attendance has improved effectively where it was previously too low.
• Leaders consider staff workload and staff are proud and passionate.
• Governors provide effective support and challenge.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Published national test outcomes remain below national expectations.
• Checks on pupils' understanding do not consistently identify misconceptions quickly enough.
• Curriculum adaptations for pupils with SEND are not always precisely matched to their needs.
• Some pupils with SEND cannot access learning as independently as their peers.

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 Oak Green School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.0% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Oak Green 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 Oak Green School had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 28.0% 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, 19.0% of pupils at Oak Green School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 11 pupils.

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 Oak Green School received £7,423 and spent £7,683 for each of its 680 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £366,000 (-£539 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 Oak Green School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oak Green School is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Oak Green School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oak Green School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Oak Green School have?

Oak Green School has 705 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oak Green School cover?

Oak Green School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Oak Green School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oak Green School?

Oak Green School is at Oak Green, Southcourt, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8LJ.