Oakwood Infant School

Oakwood Infant School has shown good overall performance in its recent Ofsted inspection, maintaining its commitment to high standards since its last evaluation 14 years ago, which was rated as outstanding. The school has a strong foundation in early education, particularly in the Reception classes, where children develop excellent communication skills and are engaged in their learning. The school's leadership is ambitious and focused on providing an inspiring educational environment, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued, which is key to their personal development. However, the school is currently updating some aspects of its curriculum to enhance learning consistency across all subjects.

Strengths

• Children get an excellent start in Reception with their learning and personal development.
• Pupils demonstrate resilience and are inspired to meet high expectations set by teachers.
• Personal development is prioritised with explicit teaching of school values.
• Strong support is provided for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• The reading curriculum is well sequenced, helping pupils read fluently and with confidence.
• The behaviour of pupils is consistently good, and they are polite and well-mannered.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning is not yet well sequenced in a few subjects.
• In some foundation subjects, staff do not consistently check pupils’ learning effectively.

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 Oakwood Infant School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.8% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Oakwood Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Oakwood Infant School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.9% 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, 9.7% of pupils at Oakwood Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Oakwood Infant School received £7,492 and spent £7,449 for each of its 175 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £180,000 (£1,029 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 Oakwood Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oakwood Infant School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Oakwood Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oakwood Infant School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Oakwood Infant School have?

Oakwood Infant School has 175 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oakwood Infant School cover?

Oakwood Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Oakwood Infant School?

Oakwood Infant School is at Church Lane, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8DY.