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Oaklands Junior School

Primary · Crowthorne · RG45 6QZ

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 6 October 2026 · report published 22 October 2026

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At a glance

244 pupils · 95% of 256 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://oaklandsjunior-school.org.uk
URN
145282

In figures

At its report-card inspection on 6 October 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
65%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
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 school65%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
Wokingham average72.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Boxmoor Primary SchoolHemel Hempstead · 29 miles awayGood67%
Clinton Primary SchoolKenilworth · 74 miles awayOutstanding (2019)84%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, LongtonPreston · 182 miles awayGood73%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolCarnforth · 209 miles awayOutstanding70%
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, HitchinHitchin · 46 miles awayExpected standard68%
Bosham Primary SchoolChichester · 38 miles awayGood68%
Seer Green Church of England SchoolBeaconsfield · 18 miles awayGood87%
St James' Roman Catholic Primary SchoolOrpington · 37 miles awayStrong standard94%
Walkington Primary SchoolBeverley · 169 miles awayGood (2019)73%
Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, BuryBury · 168 miles awayGood74%
Neville's Cross Primary School and NurseryDurham · 237 miles awayGood67%
Bournes Green Junior SchoolSouthend-on-Sea · 68 miles awayGood80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Wokingham 54%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (Wokingham 7%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Wokingham 11%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Wokingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wokingham 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Wokingham 4%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Wokingham 5%, England 5%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Wokingham 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 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)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.7%
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 · Wokingham: 1.69 suspensions and 0.03 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
25.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

30.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 44 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 £48,047; 8.3% 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 (2024-25)

This school£5,150
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £65,000; in-year balance +£40,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health56%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier95.3%62.3%
Social housing0.6%17.1%
Privately rented4%20.5%
Detached houses77.8%22.9%
Flats1.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms56.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016709 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£509,000393 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£387,500–£691,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (180)£703,000
Semi-detached (97)£472,500
Terraced (40)£395,000
Flat (76)£268,500

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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