Oakwood Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 2AH · Essex
Ages 3–7
- Absence8.8%
- FSM44.6%
- Demand1.00
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 147603
Alton Park Junior School
Academy converter · Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 1DL
Ages 7–11 · 394 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Requires improvement
KS2 expected (RWM)
35%
Overall absence
8.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-03-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)35%
Higher standard (RWM)1%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)28.0%
Unauthorised2.6%
- Authorised absence
- 5.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 465
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
- Pupils on roll
- 394
- Boys / girls
- 198 / 196
- Free school meals
- 61.7%
- FSM pupils
- 243
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 7–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE SIGMA TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Sigma Trust
- Headteacher
- Nicole Almond
Location
- Address
- Alton Park Road
- Postcode
- CO15 1DL
- Town
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Clacton
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 7–11, in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, 394 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 61.7%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Clacton-on-Sea · CO16 8AG · Essex
Ages 2–11
- KS282%
- Absence7.9%
- FSM35.6%
- Demand1.00
0.8 miles away
White Hall Academy and Nursery
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 3SP · Essex
Ages 2–11
- KS249%
- Absence6.8%
- FSM49.1%
- Demand0.99
0.8 miles away
Ravens Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Clacton-on-Sea · CO16 8TZ · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS241%
- Absence9.9%
- FSM72.5%
- Demand1.03
0.8 miles away
Cann Hall Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Clacton-on-Sea · CO16 8DA · Essex
Ages 5–11
- KS237%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM22.9%
- Demand0.98
1.1 miles away
Sir Martin Frobisher Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 2QH · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS280%
- Absence10.3%
- FSM70.2%
- Demand1.00
1.2 miles away
Great Clacton Church of England Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 4HR · Essex
Ages 7–11
- KS240%
- Absence8.5%
- FSM42.9%
1.4 miles away
Holland Park Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 6NG · Essex
Ages 5–11
- KS263%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM24.0%
- Demand1.00
1.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Nicole Almond
- Telephone
- 01255424335