Oakwood Junior School

Oakwood Junior School demonstrates a solid overall performance, achieving a 'Good' rating across most areas, with 'Outstanding' recognition for personal development. This is the school's first inspection since joining the Odyssey Collaborative Trust, and it has shown significant efforts in creating a positive learning environment where pupils feel safe and excited to learn. The school's core values of positivity, resilience, kindness, aspiration, and respect are evidently embraced by both students and staff, which contributes to its vibrant community atmosphere. Notable strengths include the curriculum's ambition and inclusivity, particularly for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school's commitment to reading is commendable, providing pupils with well-structured phonics sessions and fostering a love for reading. However, attendance remains a concern, with some pupils not attending regularly enough, which could hinder their overall benefit from the education offered. The trust's involvement also supports effective strategic monitoring, showcasing a collaborative approach to school leadership.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate excellent behaviour and attitudes.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured.
• Strong emphasis on reading and literacy development.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Exceptional personal development curriculum fostering character building.
• Staff are well-supported and enjoy working at the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Too many pupils do not attend school regularly enough.

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 Oakwood Junior School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.5% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Oakwood Junior 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 Oakwood Junior School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.4% 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, 23.5% of pupils at Oakwood Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.4% 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 Oakwood Junior School received £7,463 and spent £6,707 for each of its 345 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £243,000 (£703 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Odyssey Collaborative Trust, income was £6,956 and spending £6,799 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 Derby · Derby local authority: places and applications

Oakwood Junior School is part of Odyssey Collaborative Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Cherry Tree Hill Primary School Derby
• Asterdale Primary School Derby
• Springfield Primary School Derby
• Borrow Wood Primary School Derby
• Beaufort Primary School Derby
• Portway Junior School Derby

What is Oakwood Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oakwood Junior School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Oakwood Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oakwood Junior School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Oakwood Junior School have?

Oakwood Junior School has 340 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oakwood Junior School cover?

Oakwood Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Oakwood Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oakwood Junior School?

Oakwood Junior School is at Holbrook Road, Alvaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 0DD.