The Oaks Community Primary School
Rochester Drive, Ellesmere Port, CH65 9EX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Wearing
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 172
- URN
- 134249
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01513055940
About this school
The Oaks Community Primary School is a community primary school in Ellesmere Port. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 172 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Oaks Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 22 | 24 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 21% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 67% | 44% |
| Expected standard in maths | 45% | 54% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 58% | 44% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +5.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.50 | - | - |
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 The Oaks 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 | Cheshire West and Chester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41% | 57.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 21% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 171 |
| 2023/24 | 175 |
| 2024/25 | 168 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Oaks Community Primary School compares
The Oaks Community Primary School ranked 105th of 116 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39% | 7.7% | 51.8% | 172 | — |
| St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School | 61% | 5.3% | 37.5% | 209 | 0.3 miles |
| Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School | 41% | 5.7% | 27% | 197 | 0.6 miles |
| Wolverham Primary and Nursery School | 71% | 4.7% | 44% | 277 | 0.6 miles |
| Whitby Heath Primary School | 52% | 4.5% | 12.3% | 406 | 0.6 miles |
| Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School | 53% | 4.6% | 30.1% | 256 | 0.9 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)
- 51.79%
- English as an additional language
- 14.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.67%
- Persistent absence
- 22.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · Ellesmere Port
-
Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Ellesmere Port
-
Wolverham Primary and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Ellesmere Port
-
Whitby Heath Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Ellesmere Port
-
Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Ellesmere Port
Other schools in Ellesmere Port
The Oaks Community Primary School ranks 20th of the 20 ranked primary schools in Ellesmere Port.
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Childer Thornton Primary School Primary
- Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Little Sutton C of E Primary School Primary
- Meadow Primary School Primary
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Primary
- Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Rivacre Valley Primary School Primary
- Rossmore School Primary
- St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School Primary
- St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Oaks Community Primary School teach?
- The Oaks Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Ellesmere Port.
- Who is the headteacher of The Oaks Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of The Oaks Community Primary School is Mr David Wearing, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Oaks Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Oaks 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 many pupils are at The Oaks Community Primary School?
- The Oaks Community Primary School has 172 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Oaks Community Primary School full?
- The Oaks Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 172 on roll (82%), 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 The Oaks Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Oaks Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Oaks Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Oaks Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have The Oaks Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 39% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Oaks Community Primary School compare with other schools in Cheshire West and Chester?
- The Oaks Community Primary School ranked 105th of 116 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Oaks Community Primary School's absence rate?
- The Oaks Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Oaks Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Oaks 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 1 July 2026.