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Oakview Primary School

Primary · Waltham Cross · EN7 6LB

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 12 July 2022

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At a glance

188 pupils · 78% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
45.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
47.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.oakviewprimary.com
URN
150844

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.48 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2025 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 12 July 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.48 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · usually has places

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Furthest child admitted, by admission rule (2026 entry)

Nearest School
999.32 m (≈0.62 mi)
Not Nearest School
3867.68 m (≈2.40 mi)

Places were not all filled that year, so these distances show how far the furthest child admitted under each rule lived, not how close you needed to be.

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

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

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 36% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Any other White background 32% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Black African 9% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 2% (Hertfordshire 0%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 2% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hertfordshire 0%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · 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)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.12 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hertfordshire: 2.92 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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
28.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,476; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier60.8%62.3%
Social housing28.9%17.1%
Privately rented10.3%20.5%
Detached houses5.5%22.9%
Flats24.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van20.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023326 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£415,000458 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£360,000–£475,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (41)£555,000
Semi-detached (106)£477,500
Terraced (253)£397,500
Flat (58)£235,000

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
31an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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