Oakdale Primary School
Oakdale Avenue, Stanground, Peterborough, PE2 8TD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Ilona Wrigley
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 400
- URN
- 110710
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01733566237
About this school
Oakdale Primary School is a community primary school in Peterborough. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 400 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Oakdale Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- 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 | 31 | 30 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 57% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 7% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 77% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 70% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 73% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Oakdale 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 | Peterborough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 52.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 58.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 357 |
| 2023/24 | 372 |
| 2024/25 | 407 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oakdale Primary School compares
Oakdale Primary School ranked 7th of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 4.4% | 17.9% | 400 | — |
| Southfields Primary School | 45% | 5.6% | 34.9% | 540 | 0.3 miles |
| Saint Michael CofE Primary School | 64% | 5.1% | 17.8% | 408 | 0.4 miles |
| Farcet CofE (C) Primary School | 38% | 5.1% | 33.7% | 82 | 0.8 miles |
| Heritage Park Primary School | 73% | 3.7% | 11.7% | 202 | 0.8 miles |
| Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School | 67% | 5% | 32.6% | 183 | 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)
- 17.94%
- English as an additional language
- 19.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.42%
- Persistent absence
- 8.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southfields Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Saint Michael CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Farcet CofE (C) Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Heritage Park Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Peterborough
Other schools in Peterborough
Oakdale Primary School ranks 9th of the 78 ranked primary schools in Peterborough.
- Alderman Jacobs School Primary
- All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Baston CE Primary School Primary
- Bishop Creighton Academy Primary
- Braybrook Primary Academy Primary
- Brewster Avenue Infant School Primary
- Castor CofE Primary School Primary
- Coates Primary School Primary
- Deeping St James Community Primary School Primary
- Discovery Primary Academy Primary
- Dogsthorpe Academy Primary
- Dogsthorpe Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Oakdale Primary School teach?
- Oakdale Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Peterborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Oakdale Primary School?
- The headteacher of Oakdale Primary School is Ms Ilona Wrigley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Oakdale Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oakdale 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 many pupils are at Oakdale Primary School?
- Oakdale Primary School has 400 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Oakdale Primary School full?
- Oakdale Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 400 on roll (95%), 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 Oakdale Primary School a faith school?
- No. Oakdale Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Oakdale Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Oakdale Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Oakdale Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 78% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Oakdale Primary School compare with other schools in Peterborough?
- Oakdale Primary School ranked 7th of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Oakdale Primary School's absence rate?
- Oakdale Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oakdale Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oakdale 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.