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Ewelme CofE Primary School

Primary · Wallingford · OX10 6HU

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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 22 March 2023

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At a glance

92 pupils · 101% of 91 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
3.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
5.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.ewelmeprimaryschool.com/
URN
123197

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 1.15 first choices per place. We hold 13 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.15 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 6 (Other children)
1.503 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers83.5%
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
The Boyle and Petyt Primary SchoolSkipton · 166 miles awayNeeds attention67%
All Saints CofE (C) Primary SchoolBurton-on-Trent · 87 miles awayGood93%
Blakesley Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester · 37 miles awayGood79%
St Martin's East Woodhay Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolNewbury · 24 miles awayGood67%
Stanion Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolKettering · 62 miles awayGood88%
Bunny CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 86 miles awayGood100%
Wrawby St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolBrigg · 137 miles awayGood90%
Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLeyland · 160 miles awayGood68%
Swithland St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough · 76 miles awayGood100%
Long Whatton Church of England Primary School and Community CentreLoughborough · 83 miles awayGood80%
Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · 55 miles awayGood (2019)70%
Finchampstead CofE VA Primary SchoolWokingham · 20 miles awayGood87%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 72% (Oxfordshire 65%, England 60%) · Not recorded 10% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Oxfordshire 8%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Oxfordshire 0%, England 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)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
16.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,712; 14.3% 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£8,320
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 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £42,512; in-year balance +£35,880

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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 higher42.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work50.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health64.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier61.7%62.3%
Social housing8.4%17.1%
Privately rented29.9%20.5%
Detached houses44.5%22.9%
Flats5.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028601 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£535,00017 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£470,000–£740,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£718,000

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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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