Oakridge Primary School

About Oakridge Primary School

Oakridge Primary School sits within Staffordshire’s local authority, a mixed state primary for children aged 3 to 11, and it has carved out a strong reputation among its peers. In the Stafford area, it ranks 6th out of 34 primary schools, placing it comfortably in the top tier locally. Its nearest Outstanding-rated neighbour is Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary School, just 0.6 km away, but Oakridge holds its own against the top three in the LA — St John’s Catholic Primary, Needwood CofE Primary, and Woodseaves CE Primary Academy — all of which share the same top ranking score. With 20 Outstanding schools across Staffordshire’s 308 primaries, Oakridge is in select company. The school is led by headteacher Luke Wylde and has a capacity of 210 pupils, though it currently enrols 216, a slight oversubscription that reflects its draw. Only 2.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the national average, and the school does not have a religious character.

Academically, Oakridge delivers results that put it among the strongest in the region. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 91% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the Staffordshire LA average of 65%. The school’s performance in individual subjects is equally striking: 94% reached the expected standard in reading and in maths, and 97% in writing. At the higher standard, 31% achieved the combined benchmark, with 63% hitting the higher bar in reading, 53% in maths, and 38% in writing. Average scaled scores sit at 110 for both reading and maths. Nationally, Oakridge ranks 244th out of 13,686 primaries, placing it in the top 2% of schools across the country. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, awarded Outstanding across every graded category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — maintaining the Outstanding rating it has held since its previous inspection in 2014.

For families considering Oakridge, the practical picture is one of high demand and strong provision. The school received 113 applications for 30 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, with 26 offers going to first-preference applicants out of 30 first-preference choices — an oversubscription ratio of 3.77 to one. Facilities include a sports hall, forest school, sensory room, ICT suite, music rooms, art studios, dining hall, playing fields and a chapel. Sports on offer include rounders, dance, cricket, athletics and cross country, while clubs range from chess and book club to eco club and science club. The school has a nursery provision and supports pupils with a range of SEND needs, including specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses, collected between September 2024 and September 2025, show 96% of the 84 respondents would recommend the school, with strong majorities agreeing that children are happy, safe, and well supported.

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