Nettlebed Community School

Community school·Primary school Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire·RG9 5DA
Composite score
80.2
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#727
National rank
#98
In South East
#13
In Oxfordshire
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
100%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
75%
24 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
1.20
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.52
1 per place
0.9520221.0020231.3920241.3220251.202026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Oxfordshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Nettlebed Community School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
167
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,098
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Nettlebed Community School is a primary school serving Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 167 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Nettlebed Community School 'Good'. 100% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 53.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 112 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Nettlebed Community School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 24 first choices for 20 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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