Oulton Broad Primary School

SuffolkCommunity school

Christmas Lane, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, NR32 3JX

Headteacher: Mr Jamie WhiteSchool website ↗Pupils: 373 (capacity: 346)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected March 2025
Oversubscribed
88% of first-choice applicants offered a place
79%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected March 2025
88%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 25 March 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Outstanding
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Outstanding

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
79.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
9.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 95%·Writing 86%·Maths 86%All three 79%
Reading
Expected95%
Exceeding47%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected86%
Exceeding23%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected86%
Exceeding21%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
45
How many families wanted this school first?
51
How many got their first choice?
45of 51 (88.2%)
How many applied in total?
86

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
19.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
5.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
5.0%
Boys and girls
49%girls·51%boys
181 girls, 192 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 86% (2017/18), currently 79%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1680.0%22.0%+0.5+3.0+2.8
2016/1771.0%19.0%+3.4+5.5+6.5
2017/1886.0%34.0%+0.8+2.1+3.0
2018/1977.0%19.0%+2.1+1.2+2.2
2022/2372.0%8.0%+0.8+1.6+0.6
2023/2481.0%6.0%---
2024/2579.0%9.0%---
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