Rye Oak Primary School

What Ofsted found

Full inspection, May 2023.

• Overall effectiveness: Good
• The quality of education: Good
• Behaviour and attitudes: Good
• Personal development: Good
• Leadership and management: Good
• Early years provision: Good

• Inspectors found that pupils' behaviour in lessons is positive and that staff support pupils with complex needs to regulate their behaviour and feelings.
• Inspectors found that staff help pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities to access the same curriculum as their peers.

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The school

• The school states it will create a welcoming and caring atmosphere, placing safeguarding at the forefront of all it does.
• The school has a Resource Base for children with Autistic Spectrum Condition.

Source: Rye Oak Primary School website; Rye Oak Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

How it teaches

• The school follows the National Curriculum programmes of study, linked through cross curricular units built around core texts.
• Curriculum subjects are divided into three teams: Cultural, Expressive and Technology.

Source: Rye Oak Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

Music, sport and trips

• Class trips are often organised so that children can gain first hand experiences of London's historical and cultural advantages.
• Children's talents in art, music and drama are promoted through drama and dance lessons and after-school clubs.
• The school offers swimming lessons to children in Year 4.
• The school offers a school journey in Year 6 focused on adventurous physical activity.

Source: Rye Oak Primary School website; Rye Oak Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

Nursery

• Owl Babies provides places for 2 year olds and Nursery for 3 to 4 year olds, by application to the school.

Source: Rye Oak Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

Visiting

• Tours for Owl Babies and Nursery places are on dates including 17th September and 8th October.

Source: Rye Oak Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

The school day and clubs

• Full time after school club places run Monday to Friday from 3.30pm to 6.00pm at £40.00 per week.
• Part time club places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Source: Rye Oak Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

Support

• The school offers support for special educational needs including a Resource Base for children with Autistic Spectrum Condition.

Source: Rye Oak Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

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