St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Chinnor, Oxfordshire·OX39 4PU
Composite score
45.9
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#8,842
National rank
#1308
In South East
#145
In Oxfordshire
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
59 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
100
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.2220231.0720241.1020250.982026

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 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor. 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
415
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,211
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor at a glance

Located in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 415 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 13.0 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 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 98% of the families who made St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 22.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor 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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