Woodstock Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Woodstock, Oxfordshire·OX20 1LL
Composite score
62.6
Compare Woodstock Church of England Primary School with another school
#3,224
National rank
#462
In South East
#52
In Oxfordshire
Top 22%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

Legacy framework · Read full report ↗

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
53 first choices, 55 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
96
any preference, for 55 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0920220.9720230.9520240.9120250.962026

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

Every child who put Woodstock 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
355
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
2.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,684
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Location

School overview

Woodstock Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Woodstock, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 355 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 12.0 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 top 22% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Woodstock Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 53 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.6%. There are about 22.3 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. Woodstock 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.

Compare Woodstock Church of England Primary School with another school