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Wheatley Church of England Primary School

Primary · Oxford · OX33 1NN

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 December 2024

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At a glance

256 pupils · 61% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
15.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
17% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.wheatley.oxon.sch.uk/
URN
140344

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 22 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 inspection on 3 December 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 22 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
76%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school76%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
Oxfordshire average63.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Tylers Green Middle SchoolHigh Wycombe · 21 miles awayGood69%
St Mark's Church of England Junior SchoolCheltenham · 43 miles awayGood66%
Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior AcademyRugby · 41 miles awayGood66%
Merdon Junior SchoolEastleigh · 53 miles awayGood52%
North Kidlington Primary SchoolKidlington · 8 miles awayGood54%
Moseley Church of England Primary SchoolBirmingham · 57 miles awayGood80%
Woodside Primary SchoolWaltham Cross · 45 miles awayNo current grade76%
Fulbourn Primary SchoolCambridge · 65 miles awayGood76%
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary SchoolOrpington · 58 miles awayGood82%
Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary SchoolStratford-upon-Avon · 39 miles awayStrong standard79%
Abbots Farm Junior SchoolRugby · 43 miles awayRequires improvement62%
Stapleford Community Primary SchoolCambridge · 62 miles awayGood75%

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%) · Any other White background 9% (Oxfordshire 8%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Oxfordshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, 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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.26 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
23.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 21% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

12.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 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 £45,298; 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 (2024-25)

This school£5,993
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £403,000; in-year balance +£74,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88.1%62.3%
Social housing1.5%17.1%
Privately rented10.4%20.5%
Detached houses59.2%22.9%
Flats3.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms41.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028681 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£441,00090 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£326,000–£611,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (37)£645,000
Semi-detached (19)£440,000
Terraced (19)£365,000
Flat (15)£230,000

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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
3a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
7a 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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