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Oxhey First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Academy
Pennine Way, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent ST8 7EB · oxheyfirst.co.uk · 01782 513000
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 241
- 89% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 4.2%
- First language not English
- 0.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 42 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 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Oxhey First School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 26 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 26 Sept 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124149), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124149)
Jan 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124149)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (90 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 90
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 49% who raised concerns
based on the 16% who had a child bullied