Stephen Freeman Primary School
Primary · Didcot · OX11 7BZ
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Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
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450 pupils · 107% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 14.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151279
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 43 families named it first for 57 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.77 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 13 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2014 to 2026. 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
0.75 first-choice applications per place57 places offered · 43 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.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.77 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Didcot school admissions · Oxfordshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 68% (Oxfordshire 65%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Oxfordshire 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 6% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Oxfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Oxfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Oxfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Oxfordshire 0%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Oxfordshire 0%, 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)
6.46 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.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school · 3% 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)
61.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.2 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 £51,594; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 46.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 7.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 49.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 58.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 55.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 22.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 22.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 25.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 12.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 21.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 7.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035746 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £352,000349 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £277,500–£410,000the 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.
Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.24 km, 2025 entry): 508 sales, median £350,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.
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
- 2an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 4an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0an 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