Oakfield Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Widnes, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Oakfield Community Primary School is a primary school in Widnes, Halton for ages 3–11 (community school). Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Oakfield Community 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 44% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 54.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 1 of the 4 earlier years.
- 2026 Reception: 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 33% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Halton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Edinburgh Road, Widnes, WA8 8BQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 291 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy a school culture where they feel valued and understood.”
- “The positive relationships that staff have with pupils and their families underpin their nurturing and caring approach.”
- “Pupils feel included in all aspects of school life, including those pupils who attend the specially resourced provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, although leaders have addressed a number of aspects of historic underperformance at the school, some remain.”
- “Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, do not learn and achieve as well as they should.”
- “The attainment of pupils, including in the Year 1 phonics check and at the end of key stage 2 in reading, writing and mathematics, has been below national averages in recent years.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 2026 (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) | 33% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Halton.
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Basil's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ditton Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Halebank CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary Academy School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published