Oakfield Community Primary School
Edinburgh Road, Widnes, WA8 8BQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Makin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 330
- Pupils on roll
- 291
- URN
- 133322
- Local authority
- Halton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01514244958
About this school
Oakfield Community Primary School is a community primary school in Widnes. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 291 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 43 | 43 | 42 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 30% | 35% | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 47% | 58% | 38% |
| Expected standard in maths | 49% | 63% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 49% | 63% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.10 | - | - |
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 Oakfield 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 | Halton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 30% | 55.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 35% | 56.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 327 |
| 2023/24 | 316 |
| 2024/25 | 307 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oakfield Community Primary School compares
Oakfield Community Primary School ranked 46th of 48 primary schools in Halton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 6.2% | 51.1% | 291 | — |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School | 61% | 5.3% | 23.8% | 190 | 0.3 miles |
| St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School | 75% | 4.7% | 40.5% | 167 | 0.3 miles |
| St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School | 72% | 5.2% | 48% | 253 | 0.6 miles |
| St Basil's Catholic Primary School | 62% | 4.6% | 55.6% | 223 | 0.7 miles |
| All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 46% | 6.9% | 54.6% | 182 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 February 2026
- 29 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.06%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.19%
- Persistent absence
- 17.58%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Widnes
-
St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Widnes
-
St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Widnes
-
St Basil's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Widnes
- 0.8 miles
Other schools in Widnes
Oakfield Community Primary School ranks 19th of the 19 ranked primary schools in Widnes.
- All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Cronton Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Ditton Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Primary School Primary
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Halebank CofE Primary School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Kingsway Primary Academy School Primary
- Lunts Heath Primary School Primary
- Moorfield Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Basil's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Oakfield Community Primary School teach?
- Oakfield Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Widnes.
- Who is the headteacher of Oakfield Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Oakfield Community Primary School is Mrs Joanne Makin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Oakfield Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oakfield 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 Oakfield Community Primary School?
- Oakfield Community Primary School has 291 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Oakfield Community Primary School full?
- Oakfield Community Primary School has capacity for 330 pupils and 291 on roll (88%), so it has space against 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 Oakfield Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Oakfield Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Oakfield Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Oakfield Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Oakfield Community Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Oakfield Community Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Oakfield Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 30% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Oakfield Community Primary School rank locally?
- Oakfield Community Primary School ranked 46th of 48 primary schools in Halton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Oakfield Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Oakfield Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oakfield Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oakfield 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.