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Oakdale Junior School

Primary · London · E18 1JX

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 November 2024

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At a glance

357 pupils · 99% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
31.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
44.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.oakdalejuniors.co.uk
URN
133931

In figures

At its inspection on 26 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.87 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

74 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
Redbridge average75.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary SchoolCorby · 70 miles awayGood72%
St George's Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby · 111 miles awayOutstanding75%
Sandy Lane Primary SchoolBradford · 172 miles awayGood76%
John Stainer Community Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayOutstanding61%
Stenson Fields Primary Community SchoolDerby · 110 miles awayNeeds attention33%
Mayfield Primary SchoolLondon · 17 miles awayNo current grade59%
Queen Edith Primary SchoolCambridge · 41 miles awayGood57%
South Hill Primary SchoolHemel Hempstead · 25 miles awayGood53%
Oak View Primary and Nursery SchoolHatfield · 16 miles awayGood70%
Sidmouth Primary SchoolHull · 151 miles awayGood53%
Hermitage Primary SchoolUxbridge · 22 miles awayGood83%
St Andrew's Ceva Primary SchoolNorthampton · 58 miles awayGood60%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 32% (Redbridge 11%, England 60%) · Any other White background 21% (Redbridge 13%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Redbridge 18%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Redbridge 2%, England 2%) · Black African 5% (Redbridge 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Redbridge 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 4% (Redbridge 15%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Redbridge 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Redbridge 14%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Redbridge 7%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Redbridge 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Redbridge 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Redbridge: 0.89 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

44.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 14.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £57,013; 17.6% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,113
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £127,206; in-year balance +£56,703

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier59.8%62.3%
Social housing7.4%17.1%
Privately rented32.3%20.5%
Detached houses3.7%22.9%
Flats36.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van27.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003765 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£507,500562 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£366,500–£739,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (16)£877,500
Semi-detached (92)£771,000
Terraced (179)£708,000
Flat (275)£370,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
18an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
122an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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