St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester
Primary · Bicester · OX26 2NX
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 12 January 2023
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217 pupils · 69% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 41.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 16% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 6.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 151182
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 33 Reception places, 0.85 first choices per place. We hold 15 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 12 January 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.85 first-choice applications per place33 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · usually has places
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 (2016 entry)
- Criterion 7 (Non-Catholic children who have a brother or sister in the school at the time of admission)
- 0.814 miles
2016 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
Compare admissions across the area: Bicester school admissions · Oxfordshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 33% (Oxfordshire 65%, England 60%) · Any other White background 19% (Oxfordshire 8%, England 7%) · Black African 12% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 10% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 7% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 5%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Oxfordshire 0%, England 0%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Oxfordshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
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
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
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 pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,766; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 30.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 20.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 35.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 17% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 73.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 13.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 12.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 25.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 4.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 22.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 17.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028470 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £325,000420 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £270,000–£402,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 6an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 17an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 6an 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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