Oakfield Primary School

Overview

Oakfield Primary School is described as having a “strong sense of family” where staff and pupils care for one another. The report highlights an “ambitious” curriculum and “Outstanding” personal development, noting that pupils are well-prepared for the wider world through meaningful opportunities and a focus on diversity.

Strengths

• Leaders have implemented a “well-thought-out curriculum” that is “carefully ordered and ambitious,” with subject leaders providing effective training and support.
• Reading is placed “at the heart of the curriculum,” with “strong” teaching, high-quality texts, and effective interventions ensuring pupils make “strong progress.”
• The “excellent wider personal development curriculum” helps pupils understand respect, tolerance, and diversity, preparing them well for future stages of learning.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities “do well,” supported by staff with “high aspirations” and rapid identification of underlying needs.
• Governors are “keen and ambitious,” challenging leaders effectively to maintain high standards, while staff appreciate support for their workload and well-being.

Areas to improve

• Assessment checks in a “minority of wider curriculum subjects” are not as precise as in core subjects, meaning teachers do not always have accurate information on long-term learning. Leaders should “clearly define their assessment approach” to ensure pupils build successfully on prior learning.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective,” with staff completing necessary training, raising concerns appropriately, and leaders responding swiftly to referrals.