Broad Oak Primary School

Community school·Primary school Manchester·M20 5QB
Composite score
53.9
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National rank
#773
In North West
#37
In Manchester
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 21 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.9620230.9520241.0020250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Broad Oak Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
278
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
21.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,534
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Broad Oak Primary School

Broad Oak Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 278 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 74% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 14.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Broad Oak Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 21 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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