Oaklands Infant School

Oaklands Infant School has been rated as good overall, demonstrating robust performance across various domains. Pupils are happy and safe, benefiting from a caring and dedicated staff who have high expectations for all students. The school's initiatives, particularly in early reading and support for pupils with special educational needs, are commendable, reflecting a strong commitment to ensuring all children achieve well. Parent feedback is overwhelmingly positive, highlighting a strong community spirit and a commitment to extracurricular engagement.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and thrive in a supportive environment.
• The school has effective phonics teaching that students respond well to.
• Staff provide targeted support to students with special educational needs.
• Strong parental support and community involvement.
• High expectations for student behaviour and academic achievement.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils sometimes struggle to retain key content over time.

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 Oaklands Infant School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.1% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Oaklands Infant 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 Oaklands Infant School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 8.0% of pupils at Oaklands Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 Oaklands Infant School received £6,228 and spent £6,932 for each of its 166 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £100,000 (-£604 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of The Corvus Learning Trust, income was £8,871 and spending £8,736 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 Crowthorne · Wokingham local authority: places and applications

Oaklands Infant School is part of The Corvus Learning Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Oaklands Junior School Crowthorne
• Hatch Ride Primary School Crowthorne
• Edgbarrow School Crowthorne
• Sandhurst School Sandhurst
• Kennel Lane School Bracknell
• The Bulmershe School Reading

What is Oaklands Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oaklands Infant School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Oaklands Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oaklands Infant School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Oaklands Infant School have?

Oaklands Infant School has 176 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oaklands Infant School cover?

Oaklands Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Oaklands Infant School?

Oaklands Infant School is at Butler Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG45 6QZ.