Broadfield Primary School

Broadfield Primary School is a caring, community-minded school where pupils feel safe and happy. Inspectors found the school performing at a strong standard overall, with personal development and wellbeing a particular strength. Leaders have built a culture of positive relationships, and pupils behave well, are polite, and take on meaningful roles. The school’s personal development programme, careers education, and support for pupils’ mental and physical health are notable strengths. Safeguarding standards are met. The school serves a relatively large primary community with well-above-average levels of disadvantage and free school meal eligibility. It is part of The Pinnacle Learning Trust, which provides effective support and challenge. Leaders know the school well and have taken swift action on areas such as reading underachievement and attendance. The curriculum is ambitious and adapted for mixed-age classes, and early years provision gives children a positive start, especially in communication, language and phonics. Inclusion is a strength: staff identify additional needs quickly and work closely with families and external services, including for pupils with SEND and those who are disadvantaged. There are still areas to improve. Published outcomes in reading were below national averages in 2025, and some gaps in writing and wider-curriculum knowledge are not addressed quickly enough. Attendance has improved but persistent absence remains above national average, and some pupils arrive late. The next step is to ensure that gaps in foundational writing and curriculum knowledge are closed so that all pupils achieve consistently well by the time they leave.

Strengths

• Strong personal development and wellbeing provision that prepares pupils well for life beyond school.
• Pupils are polite, well behaved and benefit from a calm, orderly environment.
• Leaders care deeply about pupils and families and build highly positive relationships.
• Pupils develop a secure understanding of safety, British values, diversity and discrimination.
• Pupils take on meaningful leadership and community roles, building confidence and responsibility.
• Ambitious, well-designed curriculum adapted for mixed-age classes and typically taught well.
• Strong early years provision, especially in communication, language and phonics.
• Inclusion is effective: additional needs are identified quickly and barriers to learning are reduced.
• Leaders have improved attendance and are proactive in supporting individual pupils.
• Effective leadership and governance, with strong staff development and positive parental support.
• Safeguarding standards are met.

Areas for Improvement

• Published attainment in reading was below national average in 2025.
• Some important writing knowledge is less secure, leaving gaps in pupils' learning.
• Gaps in pupils' foundational knowledge in writing and the wider curriculum are not consistently addressed quickly enough.
• Persistent absence has been above national average, though it is now reducing.
• Some pupils are late to school in the morning.
• Most areas other than personal development are rated at expected standard rather than strong.

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 Broadfield Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.1% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Broadfield 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 Broadfield Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.1% 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, 15.1% of pupils at Broadfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 2024–25 Broadfield Primary School received £7,432 and spent £7,810 for each of its 353 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £4,000 (£12 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of The Pinnacle Learning Trust, income was £7,508 and spending £7,769 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Oldham · Oldham local authority: places and applications

Broadfield Primary School is part of The Pinnacle Learning Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Werneth Primary School Oldham
• Alexandra Park Junior School Oldham
• Oldham Sixth Form College Oldham
• The Hathershaw College Oldham

What is Broadfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Broadfield Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Broadfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Broadfield Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Broadfield Primary School have?

Broadfield Primary School has 384 pupils on roll.

What age range does Broadfield Primary School cover?

Broadfield Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Broadfield Primary School?

Broadfield Primary School is at Goddard Street, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 1LH.