Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Preston, Lancashire·PR1 9DE
Composite score
62.6
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#3,224
National rank
#408
In North West
#81
In Lancashire
Top 22%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
68
any preference, for 23 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8620220.9320231.1320240.9620251.002026

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

Every child who put Penwortham 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
206
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,520
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School at a glance

Located in Preston, Lancashire, Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 206 pupils aged 4 to 11. 73% 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 36.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 22% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% 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 Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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