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OakTree Nursery and Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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location_onSwindon, SN3 2HA

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2018

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Students

378

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Expected Standard

31%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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OakTree Nursery and Primary School is a Community school primary school in Swindon, serving ages 2-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 93% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

OakTree Nursery and Primary School is a community school in Swindon, admitting pupils aged 2-11. The school has approximately 378 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 31% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #55 of 61 primaries in Swindon and #14,054 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 15.1%.

In the 2022/23 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 2.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

31%

LA 57%England 61%

Reading50% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing50% LA 71% · Eng 72%

Maths41% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

42%

LA 55%England 60%

Reading60% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Writing55% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths68% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.5

Read

LA -0.9

-4.3 to -0.6

-2.4

Write

LA -0.7

-4.2 to -0.7

-2.1

Maths

LA -0.9

-3.8 to -0.4

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

55%

LA 59%England 65%

Reading64% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing77% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths74% LA 73% · Eng 79%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.9

Read

LA -0.8

-0.9 to 2.8

2.4

Write

LA -0.4

0.7 to 4.1

2.0

Maths

LA -1.1

0.4 to 3.6

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

53%

LA 60%

Reading63% LA 72%

Writing77% LA 76%

Maths65% LA 71%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.2

Read

LA 0.0

-1.8 to 1.4

3.2

Write

LA 0.0

1.6 to 4.8

-1

Maths

LA -0.6

-2.5 to 0.5

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2018-11-06

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2014-11-26

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2010-07-07

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.5%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.5%(6 pupils)

Summer term 2023

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 0.868% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2023, this school served a headcount of 398 pupils. During this period, there were 6 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.5%, which is above the termly national average of 0.7%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2022/23 (Summer term)	398	6	1.5%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	378	10	2.6%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	380	7	1.8%	0.6%	1
2021/22 (Summer term)	414	4	1.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	396	8	2.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	376	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	393	4	1.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	373	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	369	10	2.7%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	399	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	399	2	0.5%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	388	11	2.8%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	428	6	1.4%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	390	4	1.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	373	9	2.4%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	402	5	1.2%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	383	13	3.4%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	379	13	3.4%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	389	17	4.4%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	400	11	2.8%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	376	1	0.3%	0.5%	0