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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

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

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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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

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. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

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.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

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 awayGood33%
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%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

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

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,201
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

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%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01003765 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,541 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£510,000523 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£375,000–£740,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£870,000
Semi-detached (85)£763,500
Terraced (165)£715,000
Flat (258)£375,000

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

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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 5.8
All reported collisions
122an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
8an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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