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Oak Tree Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Junction Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0PZ · oaktreeprimary.co.uk · 01444 233368
On the mapSearch near RH15 0PZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2022
- Key stage 2, 2018/19
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · West Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 408
- 65% of 630 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
- First language not English
- 12.5%
- 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: West Sussex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 35 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 66 | 56 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 51 | 41 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 70 | 43 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 62 | 48 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2018/19, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| n/a | 62% | ||
| n/a | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| n/a | 106 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 125930)
Ofsted
Oak Tree Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 5 April 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 5 Apr 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125930)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 125930), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Feb 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125930)
Jun 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125930)
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125930)