Primary
Oakfield Community Primary School
Edinburgh Road, Widnes, WA8 8BQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 291 of 330 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.1
- Local authority
- Halton
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 33.9
- Pupils per adult
- 9.1
- Pupils
- 311
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SATs results
33%
29 points below the Widnes average (62% across 19 schools)
101.0
4.4 below the Widnes average (105.4 across 19 schools)
19th of 19 by our score, among the primary schools in Widnes we can score - 21 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 100 |
| Average reading score | 101 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 33% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 30% |
| 23/24 | 35% |
| 24/25 | 33% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 100.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 100.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
Edinburgh Road, Widnes, WA8 8BQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Halton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Joanne Makin
- Address
- Edinburgh Road, Widnes, WA8 8BQ
- Telephone
- 01514244958
Other primary schools nearby
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School6.1/10
- St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School6.7/10
- St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School6.5/10
- St Basil's Catholic Primary School6.2/10
- All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School5.3/10
- Ditton Primary School5.6/10