Oakhill Primary School, Woodford Green

Outstanding
Primary
Community school
Mixed
Ages 411

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Very likely (~419m)Possible (~598m)Unlikely (~777m)Confidence: high

Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Ms Prue Barnes Kemp
Pupils:207 / 210 capacity
LA:Waltham Forest
Phone:02085273309
Address:Alders Avenue, Woodford Green, IG8 9PY
Federation:Opossum
Admissions:Not applicable
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago
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Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Outstanding

Early Years

Inspected 26 November 2024View full report
URN:103069
UKPRN:10072846
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Chingford and Woodford Green
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

What This School Does Well

Oakhill is a happy, cohesive learning community where children thrive academically and personally. Teachers have exceptionally high expectations, use clever questioning to check understanding, and provide meaningful feedback that helps pupils improve. The school excels at tailoring learning to each child's needs, ensuring that all groups - including those with additional needs and disadvantaged pupils - make good or better progress.

Key Strengths

  • Outstanding teaching throughout the school with consistently high expectations for all pupils
  • Pupils make excellent progress in reading, writing and mathematics across all key stages
  • Exemplary pupil behaviour and strong sense of safety and community
  • Highly skilled teaching assistants providing excellent support
  • Strong leadership from the headteacher with ambitious vision for continuous improvement

Areas for Improvement

  • Develop leadership capacity by enabling the new middle leadership team to build confidence and skills in judging teaching and learning quality

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective with strong policies and procedures in place to keep pupils safe.

Extracurricular Activities

Visits from children's authors

Oakhill Primary School is an outstanding school where pupils achieve very well and make excellent progress in all year groups. Standards reached by the end of Year 6 are very high compared with peers nationally.

At a Glance

25.1%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

64 responses
Would recommend92%
Child is happy98%
Well taught95%
Good progress91%
Feels safe97%
Well behaved95%
Bullying dealt with16%
Kept informed95%
Handles concerns66%
Wider development94%

Source: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2025/26

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+2ppMaths+4ppWriting-4pp

Reading has remained stable at around 85%. Maths has improved from 89% to 93%. Writing has declined from 89% to 85%.

Class Sizes

28.5

Avg class size

28.0

Infant (KS1)

29.0

KS2

6

Total classes

2024/25 academic year

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Getting There

Train Stations

Highams Park Station (Entrance)
615m · 10 min walk
Highams Park Rail Station
616m · 10 min walk

Bus Stops

Hollywood Way (Stop EL)
450m · 7 min walk
Beverley Road (E4) (Stop EC)
493m · 8 min walk
Forest Mount Road (Stop EK)
562m · 9 min walk
Highams Park Station (Stop EB)
580m · 9 min walk
Richmond Avenue Highams Park (Stop EA)
646m · 10 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

99%

Near capacity

207 pupils

210 capacity

3 spare places available

Area Demand Pressure - Woodford Green

High pressure
New homes approved:979
Projected new pupils:245

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Woodford Green

Admissions Demand - Waltham Forest

Low demand0.85x oversubscription

Places available

3,688

Applications

3,129

Got 1st preference

90.2%

Got preferred school

98.7%

Primary admissions across Waltham Forest (2025/26)

Inspection History(6)

26 November 2024
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
Early YearsOutstanding
15 October 2013
OutstandingReport
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
9 January 2012

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Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.145%

Overall absence

6.07735%

Persistent absence

181

Enrolments

Authorised3.01426%
Unauthorised1.13074%
Persistent (10%+)6.07735%
Severe (50%+)0.55249%

Absence trend

3.35406%
18/19
2.94522%
20/21
4.93685%
21/22
3.87882%
22/23
3.62356%
23/24
4.145%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

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