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West Oxford Community Primary School

Primary · Oxford · OX2 0BY

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 14 September 2023

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At a glance

190 pupils · 82% of 231 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
7.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
23.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.westoxfordschool.co.uk/
URN
123050

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 26 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.4 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 14 September 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

26 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.4 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
58%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school58%
Median of its 12 closest peers76.5%
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
Merton Park Primary SchoolLondon · 52 miles awayOutstanding93%
Newnham Croft Primary SchoolCambridge · 67 miles awayGood81%
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, SevenoaksSevenoaks · 71 miles awayOutstanding89%
St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary SchoolPutney, London · 49 miles awayExpected standard76%
Carswell Community Primary SchoolAbingdon · 6 miles awayNo current grade79%
Woodside Junior SchoolAmersham · 30 miles awayGood77%
Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolAmersham · 29 miles awayNo current grade78%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolNantwich · 105 miles awayGood61%
St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary SchoolRickmansworth · 35 miles awayNot yet graded56%
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolSt Albans · 40 miles awayGood66%
Cloverlea Primary SchoolAltrincham · 121 miles awayGood63%
Brookwood Primary SchoolWoking · 41 miles awayGood53%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 44% (Oxfordshire 65%, England 60%) · Any other White background 18% (Oxfordshire 8%, England 7%) · Not recorded 7% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 5% (Oxfordshire 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 4%) · Black African 1% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 5%) · other groups together 0%

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)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.20 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
18.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

71.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 14.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,871; 7.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,510
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £99,411; in-year balance +£15,702

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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 higher65.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier52.8%62.3%
Social housing16.6%17.1%
Privately rented30.6%20.5%
Detached houses6.3%22.9%
Flats29.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van37.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028548 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£510,000209 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£402,500–£650,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£660,000
Semi-detached (24)£595,000
Terraced (101)£580,000
Flat (77)£400,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.25 km, 2025 entry): 753 sales, median £540,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
22an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

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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