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The Oaks Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Gore Court Road, Sittingbourne ME10 1GL · theoaksinfantschool.co.uk · 01795 423619
On the mapSearch near ME10 1GL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 312
- 42 over 270 places · 116%
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- First language not English
- 3.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 106 families put the school first and 89 places were offered; 77% 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 | 106 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 92 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 88 | 85 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 104 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 88 | 84 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Oaks Infant School on 14 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 14 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (78 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 78
- 24% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 50% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (21%) with SEND