OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
30 January 2024
Latest published outcome
Outstanding
OEIF
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Outstanding
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees
Trust
THE ENQUIRE LEARNING TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
299
267 full-time ·
32 part-time
Female pupils
151
50.5% of pupils
Male pupils
148
49.5% of pupils
13.7 pts
above England
School
38.5%
Stockton-on-Tees
27.4%
North East
32.0%
England
24.8%
16.6 pts
below England
School
3.7%
Stockton-on-Tees
7.8%
North East
10.0%
England
20.3%
2.0 pts
above England
School
3.0%
Stockton-on-Tees
0.6%
North East
0.9%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
1.3%
4
Any other Mixed background
0.7%
2
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
19.1%
57 of
299 pupils
1.8 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
17.4%
52 pupils
England
14.8%
2.6 pts
above
EHC plans
1.7%
5 pupils
England
6.0%
4.4 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Moderate learning difficulty
22
Speech, language & communication
22
Social, emotional & mental health
8
Autistic spectrum disorder
5
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
4.11%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.11 pts
lower than
England
School
4.11%
Stockton-on-Tees
6.26%
North East
6.28%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
11.47%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
4.35 pts
lower than
England
School
11.47%
Stockton-on-Tees
15.63%
North East
16.04%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.46%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.34 pts
lower than
England
School
0.46%
Stockton-on-Tees
1.78%
North East
1.83%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
76.1%
12.1 pts
below England
Oakdene Primary Academy
76.1%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.