Oakwood Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
Oakwood Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 March 2022.
Key facts
- Address
- Windsor Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 2AH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 299 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive happy and keen to start their day.”
- “They receive a warm welcome from staff.”
- “Staff build trusting relationships with pupils, which underpin all aspects of the school’s work.”
To improve
- “A much higher proportion of disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities do not attend school regularly enough.”
- “Some disadvantaged pupils do not get the support they need to overcome barriers to regular attendance.”
- “This limits how well they learn and how much they can achieve.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 59 first-preference applications, 63 offers in total, 59 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- Alton Park Junior School 0.1 mi Requires improvement
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Ravens Academy 0.7 mi Good
- White Hall Academy and Nursery 0.7 mi Good
- Cann Hall Primary School 1.1 mi Good
- Sir Martin Frobisher Academy 1.1 mi Not judged
- Great Clacton Church of England Junior School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Burrsville Infant Academy 1.5 mi School remains Good