Broad Oak Community Primary School, St Helens
Broad Oak Community Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in St Helens. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in November 2014. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in October 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 25th-highest of the 36 schools in St Helens with published results, and 10,716th of 14,452 across England. It was 89% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2014)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to St. Helens (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Broad Oak Community Primary School in detail
Broad Oak Community Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Here at Broad Oak, we pride ourselves on the nurturing family environment we create for our children. Reflected in this are our School Values, which we encourage our children to strive for and achieve during their time with us. L earning together- I learn and grow as part of a team."
The school runs after-school care.
Coming up: an open day on Monday 2 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in St. Helens
Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Broad Oak Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 63% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in St. Helens and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 61% in reading and 61% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Broad Oak Community Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 52 families put Broad Oak Community Primary School as their first choice and 85 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Broad Oak Community Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Broad Oak Community Primary School are Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 76% reading, 76% maths); Allanson Street Primary School (1 mile, Good, 72% reading, 72% maths); Sutton Oak CofE Primary School (1 mile, Good, 73% reading, 78% maths); and Legh Vale Primary School (1 mile, Good, 66% reading, 56% maths).
Broad Oak Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary SchoolAllanson Street Primary SchoolSutton Oak CofE Primary SchoolLegh Vale Primary School
What parents say
11 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Broad Oak Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 91% say their child is happy there and 33% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (33%).
Who goes there
53.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is St Helens Junction Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Provident Street (adjacent), 80 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Broad Oak Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Broad Oak Community Primary School issued 15 suspensions, 2.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Broad Oak Community Primary School are St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy (0.7 miles), St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy (0.9 miles) and Outwood Academy Haydock (1.2 miles).
St Cuthbert's Catholic AcademySt Augustine of Canterbury Catholic AcademyOutwood Academy Haydock
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from November 2014, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Pupils are happy at this warm and welcoming school. The 'Broad Oak Family' values, such as friendship and having an 'I can do it' attitude, underpin the way that pupils approach learning. Pupils value the strong relationships that they have with adults at the school.
The school has high expectations of what pupils can and should achieve. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who are disadvantaged, live up to these expectations.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school has ensured that there is a broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum on offer to all pupils, including those with SEND. From the early years to Year 6, the school has carefully mapped out the key knowledge that pupils should learn in each subject. In most subjects, staff regularly check pupils' learning to identify any gaps they may have in their knowledge. Staff use this information effectively to shape pupils' future learning.
In most subjects, staff are well-equipped to design learning activities that enable pupils to learn the curriculum. Staff benefit from the high-quality training that the school provides. However, in recent years, the school's outcomes for pupils' writing have been too low. The school has therefore made recent changes to the writing curriculum. As a result, staff are becoming more skilled in learning how to support pupils to compose and structure their writing. In addition, some pupils cannot form letters accurately or write legibly by the time they leave Year 2. This then hampers their ability to write fluently and neatly in later years.
From Ofsted's October 2024 ungraded inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its November 2014 inspection - unchanged since its previous inspection.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
53.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
11 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 61% to 75% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 63% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 53% to 65% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
27.8
Avg class size
27.3
Infant (KS1)
27.8
KS2
21
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Broad Oak Community Primary School
Getting There
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You apply to the council where you live. Broad Oak Community Primary School is in St. Helens; for families living there:
Apply to St. Helens for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 15
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 7
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 8 slight.
7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in St. Helens is 11.5 (the median across 80 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Your chances of a place at Broad Oak Community Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
89%
Available places
560 pupils
630 places
70 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - St Helens
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for St Helens
Across St. Helens council
Places available
2,180
Applications
1,809
Got 1st preference
90.3%
Got preferred school
97.7%
All primary applications across St. Helens council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(7)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
129
SEN Support
36
EHC Plans
26.2%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
630
Total Pupils
335
Boys
295
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
31
Teachers
20.3:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£52,468
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,213
Per pupil
£4195k
Total funding
£544k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.5%
Overall absence
21.6%
Persistent absence
510
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Broad Oak Community Primary School
Questions parents ask about Broad Oak Community Primary School
What are SATs results like at Broad Oak Community Primary School?
Of the pupils at Broad Oak Community Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 75% reached the expected standard in reading and 63% did so in maths.
What is Broad Oak Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Broad Oak Community Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in November 2014, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Broad Oak Community Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Broad Oak Community Primary School is oversubscribed, St. Helens allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Broad Oak Community Primary School?
Broad Oak Community Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 89% of its 630 places.
How big are the classes at Broad Oak Community Primary School?
Classes at Broad Oak Community Primary School average 27.8 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Broad Oak Community Primary School?
Broad Oak Community Primary School has around 630 pupils on roll. 54% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Broad Oak Community Primary School?
6.5% of sessions were missed at Broad Oak Community Primary School in 2024/25. 21.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Broad Oak Community Primary School?
Apply through St. Helens's coordinated admissions process, naming Broad Oak Community Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Broad Oak Community Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 8 slight. 7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in St. Helens is 11.5 (the median across 80 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Broad Oak Community Primary School?
Broad Oak Community Primary School is at Brunswick Street, Parr, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 2JE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)