Oakfield Community Primary School

Oakfield Community Primary School has been evaluated as meeting the expected standards overall, but there are critical areas that require attention, particularly in pupil attainment and achievement. While the school is making positive strides in personal development and maintaining a safe environment for its pupils, the academic performance, especially in reading, writing, and mathematics, has fallen below national averages. This discrepancy indicates a need for the school to enhance its curriculum delivery and instructional methods to better support student learning outcomes. The recent leadership changes may also play a role in the school's ongoing development efforts.

Strengths

• Strong personal development and wellbeing curriculum.
• A caring and supportive school ethos.
• Effective management of behaviour and emotional wellbeing.
• Extensive range of personal development activities, including outdoor education.
• Positive relationships between staff, pupils, and families.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupil attainment in key areas is below national averages.
• Inconsistencies in securing essential knowledge in writing and mathematics.
• Governance has not sufficiently challenged leaders on pupil achievement.

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 Oakfield Community Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.6% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Oakfield Community 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 Oakfield Community Primary School had 13.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.5% 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, 18.9% of pupils at Oakfield Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 13.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 1 pupil and resourced provision with 23 pupils.

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 Oakfield Community Primary School received £10,927 and spent £10,661 for each of its 289 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £440,000 (£1,524 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 Oakfield Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oakfield Community Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Oakfield Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oakfield Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Oakfield Community Primary School have?

Oakfield Community Primary School has 291 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oakfield Community Primary School cover?

Oakfield Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Oakfield Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oakfield Community Primary School?

Oakfield Community Primary School is at Edinburgh Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 8BQ.