Oakdale Junior School
Primary schoolOakdale Junior School is a primary school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 376 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 54% of pupils at Oakdale Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and 62% in England.
14% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 14% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Poole High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, September 2022. Attainment 8 of 48.1 (2025/26, provisional)480 m
- Longfleet Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- Stanley Green Infant AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023690 m
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, PoolePrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- Ocean Academy PoolePrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, May 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Canford Heath Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).