The Oaks Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
The Oaks Community Primary School is a primary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
The Oaks 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 |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 9 July 2024, was Requires improvement; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester, 5 are Good and 3 have no current grade.
- 2024/25: 39% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place: 17 first-choice applications for 20 offers, with 3 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 48.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 27.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire West and Chester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rochester Drive, Ellesmere Port, CH65 9EX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 172 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “There is a real sense of community at The Oaks.”
- “Pupils are warmly welcomed by staff when they arrive each morning.”
- “Pupils are supportive of each other, and they are well cared for by staff.”
To improve
- “Pupils said that there is occasionally some bullying in the school but they trust staff to make it stop.”
- “However, some pupils have considerable gaps in their knowledge in some subjects.”
- “These pupils are not well prepared for the next stage of their education.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 2024 (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) | 39% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 17 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 Cheshire West and Chester.
- St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wolverham Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitby Heath Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- William Stockton Community Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published