Oldfield Primary School
Oldfield Lane North, Greenford, UB6 8PR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr James McCormack
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Ealing North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 440
- Pupils on roll
- 308
- URN
- 101869
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085782507
About this school
Oldfield Primary School is a community primary school in Greenford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 308 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 56 | 29 | 47 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 0% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 86% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 79% | 66% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 93% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Oldfield Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Ealing average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 63.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 66.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 65.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 335 |
| 2023/24 | 323 |
| 2024/25 | 311 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oldfield Primary School compares
Oldfield Primary School ranked 42nd of 58 primary schools in Ealing for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 8.3% | 41.7% | 308 | — |
| Coston Primary School | 58% | 5.4% | 40.1% | 432 | 0.3 miles |
| The Edward Betham Church of England Primary School | 77% | 4.6% | 21.4% | 416 | 0.3 miles |
| Selborne Primary School | 83% | 4.2% | 29.9% | 649 | 0.5 miles |
| Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.8 miles |
| Stanhope Primary School | 78% | 6.4% | 34.2% | 360 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.7%
- English as an additional language
- 77.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.33%
- Persistent absence
- 25.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Coston Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Greenford
-
The Edward Betham Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Greenford
-
Selborne Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Greenford
-
Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Greenford
-
Stanhope Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Greenford
Other schools in Greenford
Oldfield Primary School ranks 6th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Greenford.
- Coston Primary School Primary
- Horsenden Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School Primary
- Perivale Primary School Primary
- Ravenor Primary School Primary
- Selborne Primary School Primary
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Primary
- Stanhope Primary School Primary
- The Edward Betham Church of England Primary School Primary
- The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Secondary
- William Perkin Church of England High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Oldfield Primary School teach?
- Oldfield Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Greenford.
- Who is the headteacher of Oldfield Primary School?
- The headteacher of Oldfield Primary School is Mr James McCormack, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Oldfield Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oldfield Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Oldfield Primary School?
- Oldfield Primary School has 308 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Oldfield Primary School full?
- Oldfield Primary School has capacity for 440 pupils and 308 on roll (70%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Oldfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Oldfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Oldfield Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Oldfield Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Oldfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Oldfield Primary School rank locally?
- Oldfield Primary School ranked 42nd of 58 primary schools in Ealing for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Oldfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Oldfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oldfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oldfield Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.