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Oakfield Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Chowdene Bank, Low Fell, Gateshead NE9 6JH · oakfield.smartacademies.net · 0191 329 3646
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Gateshead Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 128
- 71% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 6.3%
- First language not English
- 2.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Gateshead Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 28 families put the school first and 30 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 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 35 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 30 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 47 | 39 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 50 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Oakfield Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 9 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108332)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108332), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108332)
Before September 2019
Sept 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108332)
Jan 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108332)