Broad Oak Primary School

Broad Oak Primary has made notable improvements since its previous inspection, where it was graded as requiring improvement. The school is now performing well across all key areas, with a good quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership. Pupils are happy, enjoy school, and demonstrate pride in their diverse community, enhanced by strong relationships with staff. While most pupils, including those with SEND, achieve well, the school still faces challenges regarding the consistency of reading practices among some pupils and identifying gaps in knowledge in a few subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and enjoy school.
• The school sets high expectations for pupil achievement.
• Strong relationships between pupils and supportive staff.
• Wide range of high-quality enrichment experiences.
• Effective early reading and phonics program.
• Pupils with SEND receive appropriate support and achieve well.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects have not effectively identified gaps in pupils' knowledge.
• A minority of pupils do not read regularly enough.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Broad Oak Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.6% of pupils at Broad Oak Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Broad Oak Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.5% of pupils at Broad Oak Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Broad Oak Primary School received £8,947 and spent £9,013 for each of its 264 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £534,000 (-£2,025 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Broad Oak Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Broad Oak Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Broad Oak Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Broad Oak Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Broad Oak Primary School have?

Broad Oak Primary School has 266 pupils on roll.

What age range does Broad Oak Primary School cover?

Broad Oak Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Broad Oak Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Broad Oak Primary School?

Broad Oak Primary School is at Broad Oak Lane, East Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M20 5QB.