Oakhill Primary School
Alders Avenue, Woodford Green, IG8 9PY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Interim Head of School
- Ms Prue Barnes Kemp
- Federation
- Opossum
- Constituency
- Chingford and Woodford Green
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 207
- URN
- 103069
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085273309
About this school
Oakhill Primary School is a community primary school in Woodford Green. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 207 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 18 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 78% | 81% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 83% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 89% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 89% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Oakhill 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 | Waltham Forest average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 65.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 78% | 70.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 81% | 70.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 179 |
| 2023/24 | 181 |
| 2024/25 | 196 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oakhill Primary School compares
Oakhill Primary School ranked 20th of 51 primary schools in Waltham Forest for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 89% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 81% | 4.1% | 26% | 207 | — |
| Handsworth Primary School | 65% | 4.6% | 12.4% | 418 | 0.3 miles |
| Selwyn Primary School | 87% | 5% | 15.1% | 721 | 0.6 miles |
| Woodford Green Primary School | 93% | 4.8% | 23.6% | 242 | 0.7 miles |
| Thorpe Hall Primary School | 80% | 4.6% | 33.2% | 358 | 0.7 miles |
| Churchfields Junior School | 91% | 3.5% | 12.3% | 477 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.02%
- English as an additional language
- 31.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.14%
- Persistent absence
- 6.08%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Handsworth Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Selwyn Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
-
Woodford Green Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Woodford Green
-
Thorpe Hall Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · London
-
Churchfields Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in Woodford Green
Oakhill Primary School ranks 3rd of the 6 ranked primary schools in Woodford Green.
- Ray Lodge Primary School Primary
- Roding Primary School Primary
- St Antony's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Wells Primary School Primary
- Woodford Green Primary School Primary
- Trinity Catholic High School Secondary
- Woodbridge High School Secondary
- Woodford County High School Secondary
- Hatton Special School Special schools
- Avon House Preparatory School Independent schools
- Bancroft's Preparatory School Independent schools
- Bancroft's School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Oakhill Primary School teach?
- Oakhill Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Woodford Green.
- Who is the interim head of school of Oakhill Primary School?
- The interim head of school of Oakhill Primary School is Ms Prue Barnes Kemp, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Oakhill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oakhill 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 Oakhill Primary School?
- Oakhill Primary School has 207 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Oakhill Primary School full?
- Oakhill Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 207 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Oakhill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Oakhill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Oakhill Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Oakhill Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Oakhill Primary School?
- Oakhill Primary School is part of the Opossum federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Oakhill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 81% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Oakhill Primary School rank locally?
- Oakhill Primary School ranked 20th of 51 primary schools in Waltham Forest for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 89% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Oakhill Primary School's absence rate?
- Oakhill Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oakhill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oakhill 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 29 June 2026.