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Oaklands School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Weedswood Road, Walderslade, Chatham ME5 0QS · oaklands.medway.sch.uk · 01634 333820
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Medway 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 444
- 99% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Medway
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.7%
- First language not English
- 12.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Westbrook Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 60 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 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 37 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Medway it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118437)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 July 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Oaklands School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 3 Jul 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118437), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118437)
Jan 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118437)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (75 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 75
- 17% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (32%) with SEND