Oldbrook First School and Nursery

Oldbrook First School and Nursery continues to perform well, maintaining its good status since the last inspection in 2012. The school excels in creating an inclusive and nurturing environment, where children feel valued and safe. Leaders have high academic aspirations and effectively support pupils, including those with additional needs, ensuring a strong start in their educational journey. The curriculum is ambitious and varied, contributing to pupils’ love of learning and engagement at school.

Strengths

• Inclusive and welcoming school culture.
• Strong leadership with high academic aspirations.
• Effective support for pupils with additional needs.
• Well-trained staff delivering a systematic phonics programme.
• Ambitious curriculum across most subjects.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Strong focus on personal development and safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning not yet finalized in a few subjects.
• Assessment checks on pupils' learning not precise enough in some areas.

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 Oldbrook First School and Nursery attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Oldbrook First School and Nursery 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 Oldbrook First School and Nursery had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.9% 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, 21.5% of pupils at Oldbrook First School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Oldbrook First School and Nursery received £8,547 and spent £8,429 for each of its 181 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £219,000 (£1,212 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 Oldbrook First School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oldbrook First School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Oldbrook First School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Oldbrook First School and Nursery was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Oldbrook First School and Nursery have?

Oldbrook First School and Nursery has 181 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oldbrook First School and Nursery cover?

Oldbrook First School and Nursery for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Oldbrook First School and Nursery?

Oldbrook First School and Nursery is at Illingworth Place, Oldbrook, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 2NH.