The Oaks Primary School & Nursery
Loppets Road, Tilgate, Crawley, RH10 5DP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Gary Mainwaring
- Sponsor
- The Kemnal Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 449
- URN
- 138618
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01293527473
About this school
The Oaks Primary School & Nursery is a primary academy in Crawley. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 449 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 58 | 59 | 47 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 66% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 5% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 76% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 71% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 51% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.00 | - | - |
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 The Oaks Primary School & Nursery 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 | 66% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 444 |
| 2023/24 | 433 |
| 2024/25 | 447 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Oaks Primary School & Nursery compares
The Oaks Primary School & Nursery ranked 38th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 5.1% | 21.9% | 449 | — |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | 48% | 4% | 15.9% | 208 | 0.4 miles |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley | 67% | 4.3% | 11.4% | 415 | 0.5 miles |
| Desmond Anderson Primary Academy | 51% | 5.5% | 23.9% | 434 | 0.6 miles |
| Southgate Primary | 45% | 6% | 36.1% | 267 | 0.7 miles |
| Brook Infant School and Nursery | — | 4.2% | 6.9% | 172 | 0.9 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)
- 21.9%
- English as an additional language
- 27.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.13%
- Persistent absence
- 11.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Andrew's CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley0.5 miles
Primary · Crawley
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Desmond Anderson Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Crawley
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Southgate Primary0.7 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
Brook Infant School and Nursery0.9 miles
Primary · Crawley
Other schools in Crawley
The Oaks Primary School & Nursery ranks 7th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Crawley.
- Broadfield Primary Academy Primary
- Brook Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Crawley Down Village CofE School Primary
- Desmond Anderson Primary Academy Primary
- Fairway Infant School, Copthorne Primary
- Forge Wood Primary School Primary
- Gossops Green Primary Primary
- Hilltop Primary School Primary
- Langley Green Primary Primary
- Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Maidenbower Junior School Primary
- Milton Mount Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Oaks Primary School & Nursery teach?
- The Oaks Primary School & Nursery teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Crawley.
- Who is the headteacher of The Oaks Primary School & Nursery?
- The headteacher of The Oaks Primary School & Nursery is Mr Gary Mainwaring, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Oaks Primary School & Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Oaks Primary School & Nursery, 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 The Oaks Primary School & Nursery?
- The Oaks Primary School & Nursery has 449 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Oaks Primary School & Nursery full?
- The Oaks Primary School & Nursery has capacity for 420 pupils and 449 on roll (107%), so it is at or above 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 The Oaks Primary School & Nursery a faith school?
- No. The Oaks Primary School & Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does The Oaks Primary School & Nursery have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Oaks Primary School & Nursery as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs The Oaks Primary School & Nursery?
- The Oaks Primary School & Nursery is part of THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Oaks Primary School & Nursery'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 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Oaks Primary School & Nursery rank locally?
- The Oaks Primary School & Nursery ranked 38th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Oaks Primary School & Nursery's absence rate?
- The Oaks Primary School & Nursery's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Oaks Primary School & Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Oaks Primary School & Nursery'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 1 July 2026.