The Oaks Community Primary School, Ellesmere Port

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils at The Oaks Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 50% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 74% in Cheshire West and Chester and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 67% in reading and 54% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put The Oaks Community Primary School as their first choice and 27 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to The Oaks Community Primary School are St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School (0.3 miles, Good, 78% reading, 78% maths); Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 66% reading, 59% maths); Wolverham Primary and Nursery School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 91% maths); and Whitby Heath Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 77% reading, 72% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than The Oaks Community Primary School.

48.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 41 pupils (23.8%) received SEN support and 11 (6.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The Oaks Community Primary School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Ellesmere Port Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rochester Drive (ne-bound), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Oaks Community Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 219 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cheshire West and Chester (71), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Oaks Community Primary School issued 41 suspensions, 24.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to The Oaks Community Primary School are The Whitby High School (0.9 miles); Ellesmere Port Church of England College (1 mile); and Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy (1 mile).