Academy converter · Primary
Ellesmere Port · CH65 5EW · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 2–11
- KS254%
- Absence6.9%
- FSM37.3%
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 134249
The Oaks Community Primary School
Community school · Ellesmere Port · CH65 9EX
Ages 4–11 · 172 pupils · Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted
Requires improvement
KS2 expected (RWM)
41%
Overall absence
7.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-07-09
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)41%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)20.5%
Unauthorised2.6%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 166
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill82%
172 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 172
- Boys / girls
- 91 / 81
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 172 / 210 (82%)
- Free school meals
- 48.3%
- FSM pupils
- 83
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr David Wearing
Location
- Address
- Rochester Drive
- Postcode
- CH65 9EX
- Town
- Ellesmere Port
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- District
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester, 172 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 48.3%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Ellesmere Port · CH65 6TQ · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 4–11
- KS270%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM23.9%
0.6 miles away
Wolverham Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Ellesmere Port · CH65 5AT · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 2–11
- KS258%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM40.4%
0.6 miles away
Whitby Heath Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Ellesmere Port · CH65 6RJ · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM10.8%
0.6 miles away
Community school · Primary
Ellesmere Port · CH65 4AQ · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 3–11
- KS255%
- Absence6.8%
- FSM29.1%
0.9 miles away
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
ELLESMERE PORT · CH65 7AQ · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 3–11
- KS272%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM23.6%
1.0 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Ellesmere Port · CH65 8DH · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 3–11
- KS250%
- Absence6.8%
- FSM39.8%
1.1 miles away
Woodlands Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Ellesmere Port · CH66 2JT · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 2–11
- KS247%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM17.5%
1.1 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Wearing
- Telephone
- 01513055940