Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.231 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Oakwood Avenue 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 | 1.231 mi |
| 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 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception distance offered in 2026 was 1.231 miles, the 32nd longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.13 miles.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Warrington that have results.
- Reception in 2026 had 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warrington schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Oakwood Avenue, Warrington, WA1 3SZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 667 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), at Oakwood Avenue Primary School thrive in all aspects of their development.”
- “The ‘Oaky values’ run like a golden thread through all parts of school life.”
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, come into school with smiles on their faces, happy to see their friends and the staff.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the school is refining its assessment strategies.”
- “This means that staff do not gain the information they require about how well pupils have secured earlier learning before moving on to new concepts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 March 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) | 57% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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 Warrington.
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beamont Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Elphin's Church of England Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Warrington St Ann's Church of England Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brook Acre Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bruche Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published