Oak Tree Primary School
Junction Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0PZ
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Oak Tree Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Daisy Bailey
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 457
- URN
- 125930
- Local authority
- West Sussex
About this school
Oak Tree Primary School was a community primary school in Burgess Hill. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 457 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Oak Tree Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 73 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 52% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 68% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 60% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 62% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - | - |
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 Oak Tree 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 | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 477 |
| 2023/24 | 457 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oak Tree Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 6.8% | 16.2% | 457 | — |
| Oak Tree Primary School | — | 5.4% | 15.2% | 408 | 0.0 miles |
| Sheddingdean Community Primary School | 66% | 7.3% | 13.9% | 199 | 0.7 miles |
| Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill | 76% | 5.5% | 7.1% | 403 | 1.0 miles |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School | 77% | 4.4% | 5.5% | 433 | 1.1 miles |
| London Meed Community Primary School | 55% | 5.7% | 15.6% | 415 | 1.2 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.2%
- English as an additional language
- 10.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.8%
- Persistent absence
- 16.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oak Tree Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Burgess Hill
-
Sheddingdean Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Burgess Hill
-
Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill1.0 miles
Primary · Burgess Hill
-
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Burgess Hill
-
London Meed Community Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Burgess Hill
Other schools in Burgess Hill
- Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill Primary
- London Meed Community Primary School Primary
- Oak Tree Primary School Primary
- Sheddingdean Community Primary School Primary
- Southway Junior School Primary
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Gattons Infant School Primary
- St Paul's Catholic College Secondary
- The Burgess Hill Academy Secondary
- Hambrook School Special schools
- West Sussex Alternative Provision College Local authority maintained schools
- Woodlands Meed Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Oak Tree Primary School teach?
- Oak Tree Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Burgess Hill.
- Has Oak Tree Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Oak Tree Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Oak Tree Primary School?
- Oak Tree Primary School had 457 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Oak Tree Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Oak Tree Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oak Tree 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 31 December 2024.