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Rose Hill Primary School

Primary · Oxford · OX4 4SF

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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: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 July 2025

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At a glance

268 pupils · 64% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
53.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
31.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
URN
146278

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2012 entry went to 1.817 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its inspection on 1 July 2025 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 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 28 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: defined priority area.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2012 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.817 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 5 (All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and also do not have a brother or...)
0.418 miles

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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
34%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
97
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 school34%
Median of its 12 closest peers54.5%
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
Meadow Park AcademyReading · 20 miles awayGood47%
Parson Street Primary SchoolBristol · 62 miles awayGood50%
Gardners Lane Primary SchoolCheltenham · 39 miles awayGood50%
Leigh Church of England AcademyCoventry · 49 miles awayNeeds attention52%
Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-LyneAshton-under-Lyne · 127 miles awayGood63%
Trumpington Meadows Primary SchoolCambridge · 65 miles awayGood63%
Wood End Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 71 miles awayGood63%
Sudbourne Primary SchoolLondon · 51 miles awayGood72%
St Peter's CofE Aided Junior SchoolWisbech · 88 miles awayGood54%
George White Junior SchoolNorwich · 125 miles awayGood50%
Holy Family Catholic AcademyWigan · 136 miles awayGood55%
St Anne's Catholic AcademyNuneaton · 57 miles awayExpected standard77%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 37% (Oxfordshire 65%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 26% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 7% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 5% (Oxfordshire 8%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 3% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Oxfordshire 0%, England 2%)

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)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.6%
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
14.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 25% 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)

70% of teachers took sickness absence, 18.5 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 £50,254; 21.1% 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£7,839
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 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 4% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £41,000; in-year balance +£202,000

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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 higher56.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health49%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63%62.3%
Social housing16.5%17.1%
Privately rented20.2%20.5%
Detached houses31.1%22.9%
Flats18.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van24.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028575 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£406,000234 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£310,000–£480,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (21)£860,000
Semi-detached (84)£445,000
Terraced (79)£398,000
Flat (50)£262,500

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
25an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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