Bloxham Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Banbury, Oxfordshire·OX15 4HP
Composite score
38.3
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National rank
#1720
In South East
#188
In Oxfordshire
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
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
100%
22 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
41
any preference, for 24 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1520220.9820230.9120240.9520250.922026

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

Every child who put Bloxham Church of England Primary 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
350
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,647
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Bloxham Church of England Primary School

Bloxham Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Banbury, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 350 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 3.0 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 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Bloxham Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 22 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. Bloxham Church of England Primary 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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