Oakridge Infant School

Oakridge Infant School is performing strongly across all areas. Inspectors found an extremely inclusive school where pupils thrive, achieve well and are very well prepared for the next stage of their education. High expectations are evident throughout, and pupils benefit from an ambitious, well-taught curriculum with a strong emphasis on communication, language and reading. Children get off to an excellent start in the early years, including in the nursery provision for two-year-olds, and disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported precisely and effectively.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well across the curriculum and are well prepared for their next educational steps.
• Phonics is taught well, and pupils read with increasing fluency and comprehension.
• Disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND receive precise, highly effective support.
• Attendance is high, and leaders' oversight of absence is robust.
• Behaviour expectations are high and consistent, and pupils are polite and kind.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well sequenced and taught by staff with excellent subject knowledge.
• Early years provision gives children an excellent start, with strong routines and high expectations.
• The school has a highly inclusive culture, with well-established systems to identify and support needs.
• Leaders and governors are exacting, accurate and focused on continued improvement.
• Personal development is strong, with pupils learning about health, safety, diversity and democracy.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of extra-curricular clubs and trips that are accessible to all.
• Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils feel safe and well cared for.

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 Oakridge Infant School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.5% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Oakridge Infant 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 Oakridge Infant School had 27.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.1% 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, 19.4% of pupils at Oakridge Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% 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 Oakridge Infant School received £6,684 and spent £6,718 for each of its 300 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £612,000 (£2,044 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 Oakridge Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oakridge Infant School is Strong standard, from an inspection in February 2026.

When was Oakridge Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oakridge Infant School was last inspected in February 2026.

How many pupils does Oakridge Infant School have?

Oakridge Infant School has 320 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oakridge Infant School cover?

Oakridge Infant School for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Oakridge Infant School?

Oakridge Infant School is at Oakridge Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 5RR.