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Angel Oak Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Burcher Gale Grove, Peckham, London SE15 6FL · angeloakacademy.org · 020 7703 3125
On the mapSearch near SE15 6FL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 90%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Southwark 70%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 388
- 92% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 46.6%
- First language not English
- 32%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 98% 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 | 59 | 53 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 55 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 60 | 1▲ | 92% |
Results
In 2024/25, 90% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Southwark it was 70%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲90% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Angel Oak Academy was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 8 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 100789), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100789)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 16
- 4% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied