Oakfield Community Primary School, Widnes
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Oakfield is a warm, inclusive school where your child will feel valued and cared for. The school excels at personal development, offering all pupils music lessons and a wonderful range of cultural experiences including theatre trips. Staff work closely with families and are particularly skilled at supporting children with additional needs.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional personal development curriculum that helps pupils understand relationships, health, British values and different cultures
- Extensive enrichment activities including music lessons for all pupils, theatre trips and 60 different cultural experiences
- Strong safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and staff deal effectively with bullying
- Inclusive approach with excellent support for pupils with special educational needs and disadvantaged pupils
- Positive school ethos where pupils enjoy learning and relationships between staff and families are strong
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils' attainment in reading, writing and mathematics is below national averages and improvement has been too slow
- Teachers do not consistently help pupils master basic skills in writing and mathematics, leading to persistent gaps in knowledge
- Governors have not questioned leaders strongly enough about progress in raising achievement
- Too many basic errors in pupils' written and mathematics work undermine the quality of their learning
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met effectively - the school has created an open and positive culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Music lessons for all pupils, musical concerts, theatre trips, outdoor education programme, clubs and activities designed to nurture interests and talents
Oakfield Community Primary School is a caring and inclusive school with a strong focus on personal development and wellbeing. However, achievement in reading, writing and mathematics remains below national averages and needs to improve more quickly.
At a Glance
45.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 58% to 38%. Maths has declined from 63% to 50%. Writing has remained stable at around 50%.
Class Sizes
15.9
Avg class size
15.8
Infant (KS1)
15.8
KS2
18
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
291 pupils
330 capacity
39 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Widnes
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Widnes
Admissions Demand - Halton
Places available
1,614
Applications
1,258
Got 1st preference
96.2%
Got preferred school
99.5%
Primary admissions across Halton (2025/26)
Inspection History(17)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.19195%
Overall absence
17.57813%
Persistent absence
256
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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