North Hinksey Church of England Primary School

Primary · Oxford · OX2 0LZ

Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 February 2026 · report published 24 March 2026

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At a glance

205 pupils · 98% of 210 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 0–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 7.8% of pupils
English as additional language: 9.6% of pupils
SEN support: 15.4% of pupils
EHC plan: 2.7% of pupils
Nursery: Yes
Website: www.nhps.org.uk
URN: 144584

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 23 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

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

71%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

10%

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

106

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

105

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

4.4%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

11.7%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£6,383

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

10 February 2026: Strong standard (report card inspection)
16 November 2021: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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Botley SchoolRequires improvement · Primary · 0.7 mi
Matthew Arnold SchoolGood · Secondary · 0.8 mi
St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.1 mi
Grandpont Nursery SchoolExpected standard · Nursery · 1.1 mi
St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 1.2 mi
New Hinksey Church of England Primary SchoolNo current grade · Primary · 1.4 mi
St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School OxfordGood · Primary · 1.6 mi

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