Oak Lodge Primary School

Oak Lodge Primary School is successfully maintaining the standards it achieved at its last inspection, demonstrating a happy and supportive learning environment for its pupils. The school enjoys good attendance and positive progress through the curriculum, emphasizing key values such as respect, resilience, and resourcefulness. The leadership team, supported by the Mosaic Schools Learning Trust, has established high expectations for all learners, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Students are well-prepared for their transition to secondary education, especially in reading, writing, and mathematics.

Strengths

• Strong leadership that promotes a positive school culture
• High expectations for pupil behavior and academic achievement
• Effective safeguarding measures ensuring pupil safety
• Successful reading and phonics programs from early years
• Engaging curriculum with opportunities for personal development
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils
• Strong participation in charitable and community activities
• Robust training for teachers to enhance subject knowledge

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the curriculum in some foundation subjects
• Insufficient checks on pupils' understanding in certain areas
• Need for improved strategies to address gaps in pupils' knowledge

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 Lodge Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Oak Lodge 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 Oak Lodge Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.2% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Oak Lodge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% 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 2024–25 Oak Lodge Primary School received £6,558 and spent £6,575 for each of its 541 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £285,000 (£527 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Mosaic Schools Learning Trust, income was £6,868 and spending £6,990 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bromley · Bromley local authority: places and applications

Oak Lodge Primary School is part of Mosaic Schools Learning Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Unicorn Primary School Beckenham
• Marian Vian Primary School Beckenham
• Wickham Common Primary School West Wickham
• Valley Primary School Bromley
• Raglan Primary School Bromley
• Crofton Junior School Orpington
• Crofton Infant School Orpington
• River Mill Primary School Dartford
• Cage Green Primary School Tonbridge

What is Oak Lodge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oak Lodge Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Oak Lodge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oak Lodge Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Oak Lodge Primary School have?

Oak Lodge Primary School has 565 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oak Lodge Primary School cover?

Oak Lodge Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oak Lodge Primary School?

Oak Lodge Primary School is at Chamberlain Crescent, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 0LJ.