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Red Oak Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Southwell Road, Lowestoft NR33 0RZ · redoakprimaryschool.co.uk · 01502 573509
On the mapSearch near NR33 0RZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 88%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 420
- 89% of 470 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.4%
- First language not English
- 9.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 41 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 88% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Suffolk it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲88% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Red Oak Primary School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 17 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 55
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied