Oak Grange Primary School

Oak Grange Primary School is a new, rapidly expanding school that has made a remarkable start since opening in 2023. Inspectors found strong standards in early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing. The school is highly inclusive, with effective support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, strong early language and reading provision, and a caring, positive ethos. Safeguarding standards are met. Achievement, attendance and behaviour, and curriculum and teaching are at expected standard. Pupils are happy, safe and behave well. They benefit from a broad curriculum, rich personal development, and high-quality pastoral support. Leadership is a notable strength: leaders have a clear vision, governors and trustees provide rigorous support and challenge, and staff feel well trained and supported. The school engages well with parents and the community. As it grows from Nursery to Year 2 and prepares to extend to Year 6, it has maintained a strong sense of belonging and high expectations. The main areas for further development are writing and attendance. Pupils' writing achievement is less secure than reading and mathematics, and leaders' work to improve writing is still in the early stages and not yet consistently applied across the curriculum. Although attendance has improved recently, persistent absence remains above the national average, and leaders should continue working to ensure all pupils attend as often as possible. Overall, this is a strong and improving school with a clear capacity to sustain and build on its successes.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive school with effective early identification and support for pupils with SEND and other vulnerabilities
• Strong early years provision with an ambitious curriculum and a consistent focus on early language and communication
• Children in early years typically achieve well across all areas of learning and are well prepared for Year 1
• Exceptional leadership and governance, with a clear vision, rigorous support and challenge, and strong staff training
• Rich personal development and wellbeing programme that promotes resilience, independence and cultural development
• Pupils behave well, feel safe, and show positive attitudes and kindness towards each other
• Effective teaching of early reading and mathematics helps pupils become fluent readers and confident mathematicians
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve well and are supported to access clubs and activities
• Strong community engagement, with parents and carers typically enthusiastic about the school
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' achievement in writing is less secure than in reading and mathematics
• Leaders' work to improve writing is in the early stages and is not yet consistently applied by all staff across the curriculum
• Persistent absence remains above the national average, and further work is needed to ensure all pupils attend as often as possible

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, 1.4% of pupils at Oak Grange 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 Oak Grange Primary School had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 33.3% 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, 15.5% of pupils at Oak Grange Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Oak Grange Primary School received £13,273 and spent £13,060 for each of its 65 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £71,000 (£1,086 per pupil).

Across all 23 schools of East Midlands Education Trust, income was £7,496 and spending £7,400 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

Oak Grange Primary School is part of East Midlands Education Trust, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• Chellaston Infant School Derby
• Chellaston Junior School Derby
• Homefields Primary School Derby
• Castle Donington College Derby
• John Flamsteed Community School Ripley
• Awsworth Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Street Lane Primary School Ripley
• Gilthill Primary School Nottingham
• Kimberley Primary School Nottingham
• Hollywell Primary School Nottingham

What is Oak Grange Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oak Grange Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Oak Grange Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oak Grange Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Oak Grange Primary School have?

Oak Grange Primary School has 116 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oak Grange Primary School cover?

Oak Grange Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Oak Grange Primary School?

Oak Grange Primary School is at Stubble Road, Alvaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 0BL.