Oxhey First School

Oxhey First School has received an outstanding rating in its first Ofsted inspection, highlighting its exceptional quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school fosters a supportive environment where pupils thrive academically and socially, with high expectations set for all students, including those with special educational needs. The curriculum is well-structured and ambitious, allowing pupils to make excellent progress and develop a wide range of skills through engaging teaching and additional activities.

Strengths

• Highly ambitious staff who support all pupils to reach their full potential.
• Well-planned and effectively taught curriculum enabling excellent progress.
• Exceptional behaviour and attitudes from pupils.
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics, leading to fluent readers.
• Inclusive extracurricular activities enhancing personal development.

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 Oxhey First School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.7% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Oxhey First 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 Oxhey First School had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.0% 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, 5.0% of pupils at Oxhey First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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 Oxhey First School received £7,522 and spent £7,359 for each of its 197 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £73,000 (£370 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Children First Learning Partnership, income was £7,227 and spending £7,251 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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Oxhey First School is part of Children First Learning Partnership, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Kingsfield First School Stoke-On-Trent
• Knypersley First School Stoke-On-Trent
• Marlfields Primary School Congleton
• The Reginald Mitchell Primary School Stoke-On-Trent
• Springhead Primary School Stoke-On-Trent
• Castlechurch Primary School Stafford

What is Oxhey First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oxhey First School is Outstanding, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Oxhey First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oxhey First School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Oxhey First School have?

Oxhey First School has 241 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oxhey First School cover?

Oxhey First School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Oxhey First School?

Oxhey First School is at Pennine Way, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST8 7EB.