Oak CofE Primary School

Oak CofE Primary School is a much-improved school where pupils are proud, happy and safe. Inspectors found warm relationships, strong reading and phonics teaching, and a broad, well-sequenced curriculum that helps most pupils build and remember knowledge. Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and well supported, early years provision is nurturing, behaviour is good, and personal development is enriched through clubs, responsibilities and an inclusive culture. Safeguarding is effective. The school has faced significant change and high pupil mobility, and leaders have made substantial improvements since the previous inspection; it no longer requires special measures. The interim executive board and newly appointed governing body are supporting improvement, and staff feel supported. There are still important areas to address. In some lessons, teachers do not adapt the curriculum sequence well enough, so pupils either miss key steps or spend too long on work they already know. In some subjects, reading resources are too hard for pupils at early stages of reading, which limits access to learning. Attendance has improved overall, but persistent absence remains high for pupils with SEND despite extensive strategies. Published key stage 2 outcomes do not yet reflect the curriculum improvements because older cohorts did not benefit from them.

Strengths

• Highly skilled phonics and reading teaching, with effective support for pupils who need extra help
• Broad and ambitious curriculum carefully sequenced from early years to Year 6
• Pupils regularly revisit key knowledge and most remember what they have learned
• Accurate identification of SEND and impactful in-class adaptations, including bespoke support for complex needs
• Nurturing early years provision that develops language, routines and emotional understanding
• Calm and caring relationships; disruption to learning is rare and behaviour incidents are handled swiftly
• Improved attendance overall through diligent monitoring and work with families
• Strong personal development, including enrichment clubs, pupil voice, responsibilities and an inclusive culture
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Supportive leadership context with interim executive board, new governing body and attention to staff workload

Areas for Improvement

• In some lessons, changes to curriculum sequencing do not consistently meet pupils' needs, leading to missed steps or repeated work
• Some wider-curriculum resources are too difficult for pupils at early stages of reading, limiting access to intended learning
• Persistent absence remains high for pupils with SEND despite extensive attendance strategies

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 CofE Primary School attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.3% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Oak CofE 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 CofE Primary School had 19.6 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, 21.2% of pupils at Oak CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Oak CofE Primary School received £9,144 and spent £9,845 for each of its 353 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £534,000 (-£1,514 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 Oak CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oak CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Oak CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oak CofE Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Oak CofE Primary School have?

Oak CofE Primary School has 353 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oak CofE Primary School cover?

Oak CofE Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oak CofE Primary School?

Oak CofE Primary School is at Dryclough Road, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, HD4 5HX.