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Oakdale Infants' School

PrimaryAges 3–7Community

Redbridge, E18 1JU · Redbridge local authority

Redbridge’s School Grade A+ better than 96% of towns in England

Getting in
59/59
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
299 pupils
111% of its 270 places
Free school meals
21%
21 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Oakdale Infants' School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 299 pupils for 270 places
  • Ofsted: Good, September 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (59 of 59)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (E18 1) sold for a median £600,000; Redbridge’s is £500,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Oakdale Infants' School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

59
families put it first for September 2026
88
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (6), 2020 (3), 2021 (4), 2022 (2). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Redbridge council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Redbridge council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Redbridge, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

3.35 per place
30% got their first choice
1.73 per place
54% got their first choice
1.50 per place
64% got their first choice
1.45 per place
69% got their first choice
1.40 per place
70% got their first choice
1.25 per place
74% got their first choice
1.20 per place
74% got their first choice
1.19 per place
76% got their first choice
1.12 per place
82% got their first choice
Oakdale Infants'
0.67 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

295 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
8.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
46.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 54%Boys 46%
Its letter

No letter for Oakdale Infants' School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, September 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Oakdale Infants' School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in E18 1, the school’s postcode sector

Redbridge property prices →
£600,000
median sale, 279 sales in 36 months · Redbridge £500,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025E18 1Redbridge
E18 1Redbridge

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£853K
Semi-detached
£760K
Terraced
£728K
Flat
£369K
E18 1Redbridge

Homes in E18 1 sell for well over Redbridge’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

25 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNAB−AAA−C+AA+AAA−B+B+A−BA+ABA−A+B+A+A+Oakdale Infants' School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Redbridge, E18 1JU

Oakdale Infants' School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Oakdale Infants' School?

For September 2026, 59 families put Oakdale Infants' School first and all of them were offered a place; 88 places were offered in all.

What is Oakdale Infants' School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2023).

How much do houses cost near Oakdale Infants' School?

Homes in its postcode sector, E18 1, sold for a median £600,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (279 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Redbridge’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.