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Schools near OL4

Every Ofsted-rated school within 3 miles, on the map and in the table, against the national picture. Search a full postcode and the table adds a column for that address: whether it sits inside each school's last admission distance.

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71% Outstanding or Good · below the 80% national figure

Within 3 miles: 61 schools.

2 Outstanding 27 Good 5 Requires improvement 7 Report card 20 No current grade

Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate Report card No current grade published admission distance estimated

Report card: inspected since Ofsted stopped one-word grades in late 2024, so it has a report card rather than a grade. No current grade: Ofsted's register holds no graded inspection for the school, usually because it is new, or has become an academy and not yet been inspected as one.

No reading for an address here: OL4 is a district, and a school's admission distance is measured from a home, not from the middle of an area. Search a full postcode in OL4 and its table adds a column saying, school by school, whether that address sits inside last time's distance. Check a postcode

School Phase Ofsted Distance Admitted from Results
Academy converter Primary Good 75 yd away 0.31 mi est. 59.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary No current grade 131 yd away 0.27 mi est. 68.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 0.4 mi away 0.3 mi est. 72.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 0.5 mi away 0.15 mi est. 57.0% KS2
Community school Primary Report card 0.5 mi away 0.29 mi est. no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary No current grade 0.6 mi away no figure 34.0 A8
Free schools Secondary Good 0.6 mi away 0.63 mi est. 41.5 A8
Academy converter Primary Requires improvement 0.7 mi away 0.11 mi est. no figure
Academy converter Primary Good 0.7 mi away 0.11 mi est. 57.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Good 0.7 mi away 0.43 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Requires improvement 0.7 mi away 0.22 mi est. 56.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 0.8 mi away 0.23 mi 2025/26 73.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Ungraded inspection, February 2025: standards maintained 0.8 mi away 0.31 mi 2025/26 73.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary No current grade 1.0 mi away 0.25 mi est. 40.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.0 mi away 0.18 mi est. 50.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Requires improvement 1.0 mi away 0.28 mi est. 53.0% KS2
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, March 2025: standards maintained 1.0 mi away 0.33 mi est. no figure
Community school Primary No current grade 1.1 mi away 0.43 mi 2025/26 47.0% KS2
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.1 mi away no figure 43.7 A8
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.1 mi away 0.23 mi est. 40.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.1 mi away 0.21 mi est. no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.2 mi away 0.19 mi est. 59.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Requires improvement 1.3 mi away 0.33 mi est. 43.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.3 mi away 0.23 mi est. 54.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.3 mi away 0.53 mi 2025/26 48.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.4 mi away 0.5 mi est. 55.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Ungraded inspection, July 2025: standards maintained 1.4 mi away 0.56 mi 2025/26 87.0% KS2
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.4 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Secondary Outstanding 1.4 mi away 0.51 mi est. 59.1 A8
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Ungraded inspection, April 2025: standards maintained 1.5 mi away 0.27 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Free schools special Special Good 1.7 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.2 mi est. 37.0% KS2
Special post 16 institution Special No current grade 1.7 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Report card 1.7 mi away 0.38 mi 2025/26 43.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.8 mi away 0.32 mi est. 48.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 1.8 mi away 0.27 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Voluntary controlled school Primary Good 2.0 mi away 0.3 mi est. 90.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.0 mi away 0.19 mi est. no figure
Academy converter Primary Report card 2.0 mi away 0.34 mi est. 50.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Report card 2.1 mi away 0.5 mi est. 39.3 A8
Academy sponsor led Primary Requires improvement 2.1 mi away 0.22 mi est. 50.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.1 mi away 0.26 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.1 mi away 0.19 mi est. no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary No current grade 2.2 mi away no figure 38.7 A8
Community school Primary Good 2.3 mi away 1.31 mi varies 79.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Secondary Outstanding 2.3 mi away 4.22 mi varies 55.1 A8
Academy converter Primary Report card 2.4 mi away 0.91 mi varies 74.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.5 mi away 0.3 mi est. 63.0% KS2
Voluntary controlled school Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.25 mi est. 54.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.6 mi away no figure no figure
Academy special sponsor led Special No current grade 2.6 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary No current grade 2.6 mi away 2.5 mi est. 38.1 A8
Community school Primary Good 2.6 mi away 0.35 mi est. 79.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.86 mi est. no figure
Academy converter Primary No current grade 2.7 mi away 0.32 mi est. 52.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 2.8 mi away 0.19 mi est. 52.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.8 mi away 0.34 mi est. 39.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.8 mi away 1.23 mi 2025/26 66.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.9 mi away 0.69 mi 2025/26 77.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Report card 2.9 mi away 0.31 mi est. 65.0% KS2

The table includes 3 fee-paying schools. State schools only

"Admitted from" is how far the last child offered a place lived, in the year shown, from the council's own published figure. Where a council publishes none, "est." is a modelled estimate and meaningfully less reliable. "No limit" means the council's own figure puts the furthest offer beyond any commute, so distance did not decide who got in. Results are the share meeting the expected standard for primaries, and Attainment 8 (A8) for secondaries: the Department for Education published no Progress 8 for 2024/25, because those pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020. A school whose newest year still has a Progress 8 shows it as P8. Nothing here is a catchment boundary: most English schools have none, and the distance moves every year.

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