Oak Tree Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Mansfield, Nottinghamshire·NG18 3PJ
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1206
In East Midlands
#207
In Nottinghamshire
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
40
any preference, for 26 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.0020231.0020240.9120251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Oak Tree Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
217
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
79.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
32.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,365
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Oak Tree Primary School

Oak Tree Primary School is a primary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 217 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 99 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Oak Tree Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 26 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 80% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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