Oakridge Primary School

Oakridge Primary School is performing exceptionally well. Inspectors found it to be outstanding in all key judgements, with pupils thriving in a culture of kindness, care and high expectation. Pupils behave impeccably, develop ambitious vocabulary and a love of reading, and make exceptional progress across an ambitious curriculum. The school's work on personal development, including mentoring, charity fundraising and enriching extra-curricular experiences, is a notable strength, and pupils with SEND are very well supported. The inspection was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since July 2014, having previously been exempt from routine inspection because it was judged outstanding. A new headteacher took up post in September 2024. Under the current framework, no overall effectiveness grade is awarded. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and the report identifies no areas for improvement.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education with an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum
• Exceptional reading culture and strong focus on vocabulary development
• Expertly taught phonics with swift support for pupils who fall behind
• Pupils, including those with SEND, make exceptional progress
• Exemplary behaviour and attitudes to learning
• Outstanding personal development and strong social and moral responsibility
• Highly effective leadership, governance and commitment to staff development
• Outstanding early years provision with strong routines and progress
• Wide range of enriching extra-curricular opportunities
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

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 Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% 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 Oakridge 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 Oakridge Primary School had 24.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.8% 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, 6.9% of pupils at Oakridge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 Primary School received £7,756 and spent £7,850 for each of its 216 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £198,000 (£918 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 Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oakridge Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Oakridge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oakridge Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Oakridge Primary School have?

Oakridge Primary School has 216 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oakridge Primary School cover?

Oakridge Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oakridge Primary School?

Oakridge Primary School is at Silvester Way, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0PR.