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Oakley School

All-through · Leamington Spa · CV33 9WN

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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: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 2 June 2026 · report published 23 June 2026

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At a glance

646 pupils · 48% of 1,354 capacity

School type
Free schools
Age range
0–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
24.6% of pupils
English as additional language
11.7% of pupils
SEN support
25.2% of pupils
EHC plan
8.5% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://oakley-school.com/
URN
149717

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.97 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 57 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.01 first-choice applications per place

170 places offered · 171 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

GCSE results (2024/2025)

Attainment 8 score

no data

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

EBacc average point score

no data

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24.1%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% 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£11,008
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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.

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