Oakthorpe Primary School

Oakthorpe Primary School, which was previously not inspected, received a 'Good' rating across all domains during its first inspection. The school provides a caring environment where staff prioritize student welfare and personal development. Students generally perform well in key subjects such as mathematics and reading, demonstrating both enthusiasm and respect towards their learning. However, there is an ongoing need to better support those pupils who struggle with reading to ensure they can achieve fluency alongside their peers.

Strengths

• Staff foster a caring environment and know pupils well.
• Pupils respect teachers and feel supported in their learning.
• Strong personal development emphasis helps pupils reflect on their growth.
• Effective mathematics curriculum allows pupils to build their knowledge progressively.
• Well-planned phonics instruction leads to enthusiastic readers.
• Support is provided for pupils with special educational needs to help them succeed.
• Pupils enjoy a broad curriculum with interesting topics and activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils who find reading difficult need additional support to read at the same level as peers.
• Curriculum planning is not fully established in all subjects, needing completion.

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 Oakthorpe Primary School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.7% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Oakthorpe 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 Oakthorpe Primary School had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.3% 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 Oakthorpe Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.5% 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 2024–25 Oakthorpe Primary School received £8,480 and spent £8,731 for each of its 81 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £32,000 (£398 per pupil).

Across all 26 schools of Rise Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,294 and spending £7,149 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 Swadlincote · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

Oakthorpe Primary School is part of Rise Multi Academy Trust, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

• Measham Church of England Primary School Swadlincote
• Snarestone Church of England School Swadlincote
• Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Swadlincote
• Albert Village Primary School Swadlincote
• Three Trees Infant Academy Swadlincote
• Three Trees CofE Junior Academy Swadlincote
• Viscount Beaumont's Church of England Primary School Coalville
• Swannington Church of England Primary School Coalville
• Barlestone Church of England Primary School Nuneaton
• Higham-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School Nuneaton

What is Oakthorpe Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oakthorpe Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Oakthorpe Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oakthorpe Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Oakthorpe Primary School have?

Oakthorpe Primary School has 80 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oakthorpe Primary School cover?

Oakthorpe Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oakthorpe Primary School?

Oakthorpe Primary School is at School Street, Oakthorpe, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 7RE.