Oldfields Hall Middle School

Oldfields Hall Middle School is performing well overall. Safeguarding standards are met, and the school reaches a strong standard in attendance and behaviour and in personal development and wellbeing. Pupils attend exceptionally well, behave consistently well, feel safe, and benefit from a wide range of enrichment, leadership and community opportunities. The school is part of the Innovate 2 Education Partnership, and leaders, staff, trustees and the trust are described as ambitious, reflective and supportive. Academic achievement, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, and leadership and governance are all at the expected standard. Pupils generally achieve in line with national averages, including disadvantaged pupils, and the curriculum has recently been made more ambitious. Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported appropriately. The main areas for development are writing and lesson task design: some pupils' writing, handwriting and composition are not yet secure enough, and occasionally tasks are too easy or too complicated, so leaders need to continue refining teaching and embedding recent improvements.

Strengths

• Attendance is consistently above the national average, with very low persistent absence.
• Leaders' targeted support for pupils who struggle with attendance is highly effective.
• Pupils are polite, kind and behave consistently well; bullying and unkindness are rare and dealt with effectively.
• The personal development curriculum is carefully planned and covers safety, health, relationships, citizenship and character.
• Pupils take on leadership roles and show the school values in their interactions.
• The school offers a very wide range of enrichment activities, including trips, clubs, sports and dramatic productions.
• Leaders successfully break down barriers to participation for vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils.
• Pupils feel safe, confident to seek support and have access to specialist wellbeing services when needed.
• The curriculum has been made more ambitious and is having a positive impact across the school.
• Teachers generally have secure subject knowledge and explain concepts clearly.
• Pupils with SEND and additional needs are identified quickly and supported through effective adaptations.
• Disadvantaged pupils attend and achieve well, and their participation in wider school life is increasing.
• Leaders at all levels are highly ambitious, know the school well and have robust improvement plans.
• Staff feel valued, well supported and proud to work at the school.
• Trustees understand the school well and ensure appropriate plans and resources are in place.
• Pupils benefit from specialist facilities such as science laboratories and art facilities from Year 5.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils' writing skills are not as secure as they need to be.
• Lesson activities occasionally become too easy or too complicated, reducing how helpful they are.
• Leaders need to continue focusing on handwriting and composition so that all pupils can write fluently and legibly.
• The school's achievement overall is at the expected standard rather than a stronger standard.

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 Oldfields Hall Middle School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 5.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 1.0% of pupils at Oldfields Hall Middle School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Oldfields Hall Middle School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 12.1% of pupils at Oldfields Hall Middle School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Oldfields Hall Middle School received £6,429 and spent £6,501 for each of its 511 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £210,000 (£411 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Innovate2Educate Partnership Limited, income was £7,110 and spending £7,298 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 Uttoxeter · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Oldfields Hall Middle School is part of Innovate2Educate Partnership Limited, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Windsor Park CE Middle School Uttoxeter
• Picknalls First School Uttoxeter
• Thomas Alleyne's High School Uttoxeter
• Bramshall Meadows First School Uttoxeter
• All Saints' CofE First School Stoke-On-Trent
• Ryecroft CofE Middle School Rocester
• Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School Stoke-On-Trent
• The Richard Clarke First School Rugeley

What is Oldfields Hall Middle School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oldfields Hall Middle School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Oldfields Hall Middle School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oldfields Hall Middle School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Oldfields Hall Middle School have?

Oldfields Hall Middle School has 527 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oldfields Hall Middle School cover?

Oldfields Hall Middle School for pupils aged 9 to 13.

What are Oldfields Hall Middle School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oldfields Hall Middle School?

Oldfields Hall Middle School is at Stone Road, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 7PL.