Longfields Primary and Nursery School

Community school·Primary school Bicester, Oxfordshire·OX26 6QL
Composite score
34.0
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#12,602
National rank
#1883
In South East
#202
In Oxfordshire
Top 85%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
33 first choices, 33 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
80
any preference, for 33 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Longfields Primary and Nursery School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
390
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,600
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Longfields Primary and Nursery School

Longfields Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Bicester, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 390 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 14.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Longfields Primary and Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 33 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. Longfields Primary and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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