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St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School

Primary · Oxford · OX1 4NA

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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 12 June 2024

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At a glance

252 pupils · 84% of 300 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
14.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
39.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.st-ebbes.oxon.sch.uk/
URN
123212

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.17 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 12 June 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.17 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 34 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 7 (Other children)
0.984 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
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 Russell Primary SchoolRichmond · 46 miles awayGood77%
St Peter's Primary SchoolLondon · 47 miles awayOutstanding90%
Abbey View Primary AcademyHigh Wycombe · 24 miles awayGood60%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, PoolePoole · 77 miles awayGood (2019)58%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolFarnborough · 38 miles awayGood55%
Wootton Primary SchoolNorthampton · 35 miles awayOutstanding68%
Sharples Primary SchoolBolton · 138 miles awayGood (2019)66%
Meadowbrook Primary SchoolBristol · 57 miles awayExpected standard65%
Bar Hill Community Primary SchoolCambridge · 65 miles awayGood74%
All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's StortfordBishop's Stortford · 62 miles awayGood61%
Ravenhurst Primary SchoolLeicester · 60 miles awayExpected standard58%
St John the Baptist Church of England Junior SchoolKingston upon Thames · 47 miles awayGood75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 47% (Oxfordshire 65%, England 60%) · Any other White background 16% (Oxfordshire 8%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 10% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Oxfordshire 0%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 5%) · Black African 2% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%)

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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.52 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
21
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

7.7% 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)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.8 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 £52,316; 17.6% 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£7,927
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

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

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£27,312; in-year balance -£98,623

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher59.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier38.3%62.3%
Social housing33.8%17.1%
Privately rented26.8%20.5%
Detached houses0.7%22.9%
Flats50.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van43.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028543 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£490,000189 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£410,000–£660,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (16)£612,500
Terraced (71)£635,000
Flat (98)£420,000

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

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
25an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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