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Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School

Primary · Witney · OX29 5RJ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 October 2019

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At a glance

105 pupils · 81% of 130 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
19% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://stantonharcourtschool.org.uk/
URN
140871

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold 14 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2013 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 15 October 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 14 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.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2015 entry)

Criterion 4 (Children living outside the designated area who have a brother or sister on roll at the time of...)
5.451 miles

2015 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
91%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
27%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
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 school91%
Median of its 12 closest peers57%
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
Peterchurch Primary SchoolHereford · 69 miles awayGood29%
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great OakleyHarwich · 111 miles awayGood58%
Duchy of Lancaster Methwold CofE Primary SchoolThetford · 98 miles awayGood47%
Corringham CofE VC Primary SchoolGainsborough · 119 miles awayGood57%
St Nicholas CofE Primary School, HenstridgeTemplecombe · 68 miles awayRequires improvement57%
St Nicholas CofE Primary SchoolWantage · 11 miles awayGood53%
Middleton Community Primary SchoolMatlock · 93 miles awayExpected standard78%
The Norman Church of England Primary School, NorthwoldThetford · 100 miles awayGood75%
Aldermaston C.E. Primary SchoolReading · 27 miles awayGood48%
Enstone Primary SchoolChipping Norton · 12 miles awayGood78%
Gorefield Primary AcademyWisbech · 91 miles awayExpected standard29%
Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-SchoolLeominster · 66 miles awayNo current grade69%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Oxfordshire 65%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Oxfordshire 8%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 1%) · 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)
6.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.4%
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
20.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

72% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 28% moved to another state school

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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 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 £50,498; 33.3% 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£7,947
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

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

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £135,000; in-year balance +£63,000

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier64.3%62.3%
Social housing18.6%17.1%
Privately rented17%20.5%
Detached houses46.9%22.9%
Flats5.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms33.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028800 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£552,00024 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£434,500–£659,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£635,000
Semi-detached (6)£419,000

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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