Broad Oak Community Primary School
Brunswick Street, Parr, St Helens, WA9 2JE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Melanie Hignett
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 574
- Pupils on roll
- 630
- URN
- 130259
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01744752340
About this school
Broad Oak Community Primary School is a community primary school in St Helens. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 630 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 77 | 85 | 83 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 46% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 61% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 49% | 61% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 51% | 51% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
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 Broad Oak Community 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 | 43% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 642 |
| 2023/24 | 656 |
| 2024/25 | 644 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Broad Oak Community Primary School compares
Broad Oak Community Primary School ranked 39th of 52 primary schools in St. Helens for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 6.6% | 67.4% | 630 | — |
| Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School | 62% | 4.8% | 34.9% | 213 | 0.1 miles |
| Allanson Street Primary School | 62% | 5.2% | 50.7% | 454 | 1.0 miles |
| Sutton Oak CofE Primary School | 57% | 6.3% | 47.2% | 301 | 1.0 miles |
| Legh Vale Primary School | 47% | 4.8% | 29% | 449 | 1.0 miles |
| St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School | 53% | 7.2% | 36.6% | 381 | 1.1 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)
- 67.38%
- English as an additional language
- 13%
- Overall absence
- 6.55%
- Persistent absence
- 21.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Allanson Street Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Merseyside
-
Sutton Oak CofE Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Legh Vale Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · St Helens
Other schools in St Helens
Broad Oak Community Primary School ranks 25th of the 36 ranked primary schools in St Helens.
- Ashurst Primary School Primary
- Bleak Hill Primary School Primary
- Carr Mill Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- Eaves Primary School Primary
- Eccleston Mere Primary School Primary
- Grange Valley Primary School Primary
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primary
- Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School Primary
- Legh Vale Primary School Primary
- Longton Lane Community Primary School Primary
- Merton Bank Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Broad Oak Community Primary School teach?
- Broad Oak Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in St Helens.
- Who is the headteacher of Broad Oak Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Broad Oak Community Primary School is Mrs Melanie Hignett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Broad Oak Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Broad Oak Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Broad Oak Community Primary School?
- Broad Oak Community Primary School has 630 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Broad Oak Community Primary School full?
- Broad Oak Community Primary School has capacity for 574 pupils and 630 on roll (110%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Broad Oak Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Broad Oak Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Broad Oak Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Broad Oak Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Broad Oak Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Broad Oak Community Primary School rank locally?
- Broad Oak Community Primary School ranked 39th of 52 primary schools in St. Helens for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Broad Oak Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Broad Oak Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Broad Oak Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Broad Oak Community 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 30 June 2026.