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South Stoke Primary School

Primary · RG8 0JS

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 February 2026 · report published 8 May 2026

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At a glance

24 pupils · 46% of 52 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
20.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
27.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
13.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.southstokeschool.org
URN
123039

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 1 families named it first for 1 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 15 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 24 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 11% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2014 entry)

Criterion 5 (Children who live outside the designated/catchment area)
1.884 miles

2014 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

6 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
17%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school17%
Median of its 12 closest peers33%
Oxfordshire average63.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Cosgrove Village Primary SchoolCosgrove · 39 miles awayNo current grade44%
Goodnestone Church of England Primary SchoolCanterbury · 104 miles awayGood33%
Shirwell Community Primary SchoolBarnstaple · 128 miles awayGood13%
Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBridport · 86 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Pendock CofE Primary SchoolGloucester · 59 miles awayGood14%
Admiral Long Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate · 174 miles awayGood33%
Soudley SchoolCinderford · 61 miles awayExpected standard50%
Trenode CofE VA Primary AcademyLooe · 163 miles awayGood83%
Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolClitheroe · 171 miles awayGood14%
St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary SchoolDarwen · 160 miles awayNeeds attention10%
Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby · 203 miles awayGood22%
Frosterley Primary SchoolBishop Auckland · 222 miles awayGood71%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 71% (Oxfordshire 65%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 12% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 12% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
11%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

9.09 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Oxfordshire: 3.29 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
12
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£16,054
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 64% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 21% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 16% (3%) · catering 1% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £139,872; in-year balance +£2,900

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher54.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health52%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier71.6%62.3%
Social housing11.4%17.1%
Privately rented16.8%20.5%
Detached houses37%22.9%
Flats20.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028644 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£650,00023 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£397,500–£987,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£1,329,000
Semi-detached (11)£420,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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