Oulton Broad Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Lowestoft, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.493 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oulton Broad Primary School is a primary school in Lowestoft, Suffolk for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Oulton Broad Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.493 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.493 miles away, the 8th shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That Reception 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 60 first-choice applications for 43 offers; 43 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Christmas Lane, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, NR32 3JX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 378 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Oulton Broad is a unique and special place to learn.”
- “Everyone is proud to be a member of ‘Team OB’.”
- “The school values of ‘caring, learning and winning’ are at the heart of everything the school does.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 79% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 60 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 43 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- The Limes Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good
- Dell Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- Woods Loke Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Elm Tree Primary School 1.4 mi Good
- Westwood Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good
- Roman Hill Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged
- Grove Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Phoenix St Peter Academy 1.8 mi Not judged