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Oatlands Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Hookstone Road, Harrogate HG2 8BT · oatlandsinf.ycway.uk · 01423 871036
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 269
- 100% of 270 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 0.7%
- First language not English
- 4.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 93 families put the school first and 89 places were offered; 95% 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 | 89 | 93 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 88 | 86 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 85 | 75 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 82 | 79 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 75 | 75 | 1 | 99% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Oatlands Infant School on 17 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 17 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Dec 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (125 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 125
- 47% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 14% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (10%) with SEND