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Long Wittenham (Church of England) Primary School

Primary · Abingdon · OX14 4QJ

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Requires improvement

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

Inspected 11 October 2022

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At a glance

66 pupils · 63% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
URN
150408

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 11 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2019 entry went to 3.727 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 14 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 11 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

11 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.727 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers51.5%
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
Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary SchoolMarket Drayton · 104 miles awayGood56%
Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 114 miles awayGood0%
Kirkbride Primary SchoolWigton · 239 miles awayGood38%
St Laurence Church of England SchoolWallingford · 3 miles awayExpected standard73%
Owslebury Primary SchoolWinchester · 44 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Hope Primary SchoolHope Valley · 120 miles awayGood33%
North Marston Church of England SchoolBuckingham · 23 miles awayGood53%
Stonesfield Primary SchoolWitney · 17 miles awayRequires improvement31%
Bayford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolHertford · 48 miles awayGood (2016)23%
Mears Ashby Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton · 49 miles awayNeeds attention54%
Clifton Hampden Church of England Primary SchoolAbingdon · 1 miles awayGood64%
Longworth Primary SchoolAbingdon · 10 miles awayGood75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Oxfordshire 65%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Oxfordshire 8%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 5%)

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)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

25.00 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
16.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

37.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.8 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 £48,655; 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£8,765
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £231,000; in-year balance +£34,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.1%62.3%
Social housing6.8%17.1%
Privately rented13.1%20.5%
Detached houses41.7%22.9%
Flats2.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms34.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028607 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£490,00020 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£400,000–£733,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£675,000
Semi-detached (8)£405,000

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
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a 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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