The Oaks Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Crawley, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.30 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Oaks Primary School & Nursery is a primary school in Crawley, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
The Oaks Primary School & Nursery catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.30 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.30 miles away, the 44th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2023, the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026, Reception had 61 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Loppets Road, Tilgate, Crawley, RH10 5DP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 449 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “A strong inclusive ethos is at the heart of this school.”
- “It is committed to serving and welcoming all pupils and their families.”
- “The care given to pupils by staff show the school’s values of kindness, ambition and respect.”
To improve
- “Although, in a few subjects this knowledge is not detailed precisely enough.”
- “This means that staff are not as clear on what to teach and when in these subjects.”
- “However, in other subjects teachers do not routinely check what pupils have remembered.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 72% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 59 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.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Desmond Anderson Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Southgate Primary 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Brook Infant School and Nursery 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hilltop Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Broadfield Primary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Three Bridges Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published