Red Oak Primary School | School performance

88%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

437

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

88%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

437

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

88%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

437

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 18/05/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySuffolk

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio20.7:1

Admissions—

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Red Oak Primary School · Primary · Suffolk

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

88%

+4pp

90%79%67%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 88%

RWM higher standard

10%

-4pp

22%16%10%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

95%

Reading higher standard

50%

Writing expected standard

90%

Writing higher standard

14%

Maths expected standard

98%

Maths higher standard

55%

Science expected standard

90%

SPAG expected standard

95%

SPAG higher standard

55%

Reading scaled score

109.0

Maths scaled score

111.0

GPS scaled score

111.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

437

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

10%

FSM eligible

48%

SEN

32%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Southwell Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0RZ

Local authority

Suffolk

Website

https://www.redoakprimaryschool.co.uk

Telephone

01502573509

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	88%	10%	95%	50%	90%	14%	98%	55%	90%	95%	109.0	111.0	111.0	—	—	—	32%	437
2023/24	84%	14%	86%	37%	88%	19%	93%	53%	88%	86%	107.0	108.0	108.0	—	—	—	32%	431
2022/23	90%	22%	93%	43%	91%	29%	98%	62%	100%	93%	109.0	111.0	110.0	+4.70	+4.60	+7.70	32%	446
2018/19	72%	12%	74%	18%	81%	18%	88%	21%	88%	82%	103.0	105.0	106.0	+1.60	+2.90	+2.80	19%	447
2017/18	67%	10%	85%	29%	71%	21%	81%	15%	81%	81%	106.0	104.0	108.0	+2.40	+0.10	+1.30	24%	437
2016/17	72%	8%	79%	21%	77%	15%	82%	26%	77%	85%	105.0	105.0	107.0	+2.10	-0.40	+1.90	18%	420

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	437	21.8	32%	10%	48%	4%	6%
2023/24	431	21.9	32%	9%	51%	2%	1%
2022/23	446	25.9	32%	10%	54%	3%	3%
2021/22	444	24.5	26%	8%	54%	3%	1%
2020/21	443	24.6	26%	8%	48%	—	—
2018/19	447	23.6	19%	6%	48%	2%	3%
2017/18	437	24.6	24%	6%	51%	2%	3%
2016/17	420	25.7	18%	6%	54%	2%	3%