Oakdene Primary School
Ashton Avenue, Rainhill, Prescot, L35 0QQ
This school is closed (it closed in October 2025).
It was replaced by Oakdene Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Lynsey Young
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 244
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 104781
- Local authority
- St. Helens
About this school
Oakdene Primary School was a community primary school in Prescot. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 206 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Oakdene Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 59% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 83% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 66% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 72% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Oakdene Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | St. Helens average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 210 |
| 2023/24 | 208 |
| 2024/25 | 206 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oakdene Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 4.7% | 13.1% | 206 | — |
| Oakdene Primary Academy | — | — | — | 206 | 0.0 miles |
| St Ann's Church of England Primary School | 75% | 3.6% | 9.7% | 404 | 0.4 miles |
| St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School | 78% | 4.6% | 11.4% | 279 | 0.5 miles |
| Longton Lane Community Primary School | 61% | 5.2% | 21.9% | 284 | 1.0 miles |
| Sutton Manor Community Primary School | 47% | 6% | 42.7% | 209 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.11%
- English as an additional language
- 4.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.74%
- Persistent absence
- 7.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oakdene Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
St Ann's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
Longton Lane Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Sutton Manor Community Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · St Helens
Other schools in Prescot
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School Primary
- Evelyn Community Primary School Primary
- Halsnead Primary School Primary
- Knowsley Village School Primary
- Oakdene Primary Academy Primary
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Prescot Primary School Primary
- St Ann's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community Primary
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Oakdene Primary School teach?
- Oakdene Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Prescot.
- Has Oakdene Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Oakdene Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Oakdene Primary School?
- Oakdene Primary School had 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Oakdene Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Oakdene Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oakdene Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 October 2025.