Oulton Broad Primary School

About Oulton Broad Primary School

Oulton Broad Primary School's Key Stage 2 results stand out sharply against the Suffolk local authority average. While the LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined sits at 58%, Oulton Broad achieves 81% — a 23 percentage point gap that places it firmly among the strongest performers in East Suffolk. The school ranks 9th out of 72 primary schools in the borough, landing in the top 10% locally, and sits in the top 8% nationally. Its Ofsted rating is Outstanding across every category assessed in its March 2025 inspection, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision. This is a school that has maintained Outstanding since at least its previous inspection in 2015, and the consistency is reflected in the numbers.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 results, the school's strengths are spread across all three core subjects. In reading, 87% of pupils met the expected standard and 21% reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 106. Writing saw 89% at expected and 19% at the higher level. Maths performed similarly: 85% at expected, 19% at higher, and an average score of 105. The combined higher standard figure — pupils achieving the higher benchmark in all three subjects — is 6%, which is respectable for a primary school of this size. The school's ranking score of 81, based on the KS2 expected standard metric, places it 16th out of 253 primary schools across the whole of Suffolk. For context, the nearest Outstanding alternative is Woods Loke Primary School, 1.7 km away, but Oulton Broad's academic profile suggests it is comfortably holding its own.

The school is oversubscribed: for 45 places in the 2025/26 intake, it received 86 total applications, with 51 first-preference requests and 45 offers made to first-preference families — an oversubscription ratio of 1.91. With 373 pupils against a capacity of 346, the school is running above its official number, which speaks to demand. Facilities include a library, sports hall, playing fields, forest school area, sensory room, and even a chapel. The SEND unit supports children with moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, social and emotional challenges, and physical disabilities. Parent View responses from 175 families are overwhelmingly positive: 97% would recommend the school, and 92% strongly agreed their child is happy. For families in the Oulton Broad area looking for a high-performing state primary with strong SEND support and a wide range of clubs including film, chess, science and coding, this school is a compelling option.

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