School Chooser

Oak Green School

Primary · ages 2-11MixedCouncil705 pupilsNurseryAylesburyBuckinghamshire
School Chooser Score
10
Well below
similar schools
Likely range 6 to 17
Out of 100. Better than 11% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, July 2025
Reached the expected level at 1150%England 63%
Attendance93.1%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families39%Far more than most schools
PlacesFull705 pupils, 700 places
Pupils per teacher21.6School workforce census

Oak Green School is a council school in Aylesbury for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 705 pupils, 5 more than it has places for. About 39 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 10 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 11% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.

Oak Green, Southcourt, Aylesbury, HP21 8LJ01296 423895oakgreen.bucks.sch.ukCo Headteacher Nicola Beesley Donna Kelloway headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 15 July 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

92 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1150%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level5%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score103.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score101.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 64%64%20172018: 70%70%20182019: 70%70%20192023: 33%33%20232024: 45%45%20242025: 50%50%2025
Since 2017: -14%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017BuckinghamshireEngland
Pupils tested929193616053
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths50%45%33%70%70%64%67%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths5%3%2%3%15%6%11%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score103.0101.0100.0103.0106.0106.0107.2105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score101.0102.0100.0106.0105.0104.0105.7104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score104.0103.0102.0106.0105.0107.0106.3105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard66%58%48%79%78%87%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard61%59%46%95%83%89%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)62%54%45%79%80%74%
Reading progressReading progress score-4.5-0.1+1.1+0.8
Maths progressMaths progress score-3.4+1.4+1.4-0.7
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged44%30%28%73%68%47%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged54%57%36%70%71%74%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 1 of the 4 gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
44%54%
Gap 10 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
40%63%
Gap 23 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
66%50%
Gap 16 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%5%
Gap 5 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Full635 pupils for 630 places, 2024/25
101% full

The school is full, with 5 more pupils than it has places for. More families apply than can get in, so things like how close you live and whether an older brother or sister is already here decide who gets a place. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Will my child get a place?

In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place.

EntryPlacesApplied at allHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary90all offeredLA
2025 Primary90all offeredLA
2024 Primary90139all offeredLA
2023 Primaryall offeredLA
2022 Primaryall offeredLA

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll705Census January 2026
Places700101% full
Pupils from low-income families37%39% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English54%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support19%134 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%36 pupils with a plan
Average class size30.321 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils48%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)38%£373,550 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls385 / 320
White British pupils21%

Specialist SEND provision. SEN unit with 11 pupils, for autism.

To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Buckinghamshire with autism provision.

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 29.9 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 30.7 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (103), emotional and mental health (26), Autistic spectrum disorder (25), Moderate learning difficulty (7), Hearing impairment (3), Physical disability (3).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll705703713704687643
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals37%33%31%31%28%26%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language54%55%53%52%51%52%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support15%16%23%20%18%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans6%6%6%5%4%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance93.1%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school20.0%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils2.42024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission3.0%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence6.9%8.2%8.9%8.8%5.2%5.7%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.8%4.8%4.4%5.2%2.9%3.3%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence3.0%3.4%4.5%3.6%2.3%2.4%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence20.0%24.1%30.5%32.3%15.8%18.4%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate2.43.43.62.92.5
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers31.5full-time equivalent, 36 people
Pupils per teacher21.6Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers97%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants42.6full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£49,142
Teachers who left in the year28%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher1.92024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£8,383England £7,738. Total £5.6m
Income per pupil£7,223England £7,697. Total £4.9m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,235England £3,480
Money in reserve-4%In the red: -£189k, -£282 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£779kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£8,383spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m33512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate73 per 1,000 people19% lower than the England average
Typical house price£455,000Buckinghamshire
Nearest bus stop120 mPenn Road, 17 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Bearbrook Combined SchoolAcademy710 m498Good 202320Compare
Ashmead Combined SchoolAcademy950 m707Good 202074Compare
St Mary's Church of England SchoolAcademy0.9 miles448No overall grade 202548Compare
Elmhurst SchoolAcademy1.0 miles468Report card 202615Compare
Haydon Abbey School and Pre-SchoolCouncil1.0 miles537Requires improvement 20244Compare
William Harding SchoolCouncil1.1 miles798Good 202264Compare
Turnfurlong Infant SchoolFoundation1.2 miles306Good 202325Compare
Turnfurlong Junior SchoolFoundation1.2 miles415Outstanding 202384Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Oak Green School with the 47 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 47 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats11%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the bottom quarter of its group. Its score of 10 is 53 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 2 · middle 63 · highest 98100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 47 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Oak Green School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Bearbrook Combined SchoolAcademy710 m498Good 202320Compare
Ashmead Combined SchoolAcademy950 m707Good 202074Compare
Emerson Valley SchoolAcademy13.7 miles449Good 202244Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 10 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 10% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 6 to 17. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.22
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 92 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%above
+0.09
Ofsted grade, 1.2 years old
Progress pupils make20%well below
-0.36
DfE progress measure; 92 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%above
+0.10
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%well below
-0.11
2024/25; 586 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well below
-0.18
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 92 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Oak Green School a good school?

The figures are weak. Oak Green School scores 10 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 11% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 6 to 17, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

What is Oak Green School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Oak Green School not judged at its last full inspection on 15 July 2025.

How good are Oak Green School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 50% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 5% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Oak Green School have?

705 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 700 places, so it is 101% full.

Is Oak Green School oversubscribed?

Probably. The school was full in 2024/25, with 5 more pupils than places. How close you live, and the school's other admissions rules, decide who gets in.

What is attendance like at Oak Green School?

Pupils were in school 93.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 20% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Oak Green School?

The average class had 30.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 48% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

Does Oak Green School have specialist SEND provision?

Yes. It has sen unit for autism. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Oak Green, Southcourt, Aylesbury, HP21 8LJ
Telephone
01296 423895
Website
www.oakgreen.bucks.sch.uk
Headteacher
Co Headteacher Nicola Beesley Donna Kelloway
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 2-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Ward
Aylesbury South West
Constituency
Aylesbury
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
110206 · LAESTAB 8252001 · UKPRN 10074552
Formerly
Southcourt Infant School, Willowmead Infant School and Nursery

Where these figures come from