Oatlands School

About Oatlands School

Oatlands School is a state primary in Elmbridge that parents clearly want for their children. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 307 applications for just 90 places, an oversubscription ratio of 3.41. Of those, 114 families put it as their first preference, and 90 first-preference offers were made. That level of demand suggests a strong local reputation, and it's worth noting that the nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted, Cleves School, is only 0.8 kilometres away, so parents are actively choosing Oatlands over a nearby Outstanding alternative. The school is led by headteacher Tanya Mooney and caters to 269 pupils in the 5-7 age range, operating right at its capacity of 270. With just 5.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is relatively affluent, which often correlates with strong parental support and engagement.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2023, Oatlands was rated Good overall, with Good across all five graded categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This represents a change from the school's previous inspection in 2010, when it was rated Outstanding overall. The inspection report notes that early years provision moved from a grade 2 (the Outstanding band at the time) to a grade 2 under the current framework, which is now labelled Good. While the school does not publish Key Stage 2 results because its pupils leave at age 7, the local authority average for KS2 attainment in Surrey is 66, and Oatlands sits in a competitive landscape where top peers like South Farnham School and The Raleigh School score highly on ranking metrics. Parents considering Oatlands should look at its feeder junior schools for longer-term academic outcomes.

The school offers a solid range of facilities for such a young age group, including an outdoor playground, forest school area, sports hall, playing fields, art studios, and even a chapel. Sports provision covers tennis, dance, netball, cricket, cross country, rounders, and football, while after-school clubs include coding, book club, film club, gardening, chess, and science club. For children with additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties or disabilities. Oatlands is a good fit for families in Elmbridge who want a dedicated infant school with strong local demand and a broad range of activities, but who are comfortable that their child will move to a separate junior school at age 7. The oversubscription ratio means applying as a first preference is essential for a realistic chance of a place.

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