St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Oxfordshire·OX2 6BN
Composite score
79.8
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#767
National rank
#103
In South East
#15
In Oxfordshire
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
31%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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
100%
9 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
64
any preference, for 10 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9520231.0020240.9420250.902026

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

Every child who put St Barnabas' Church of England Aided 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
153
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
37.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,272
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School is a primary school serving Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 153 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 69% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 31% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 10 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 19.3 pupils per teacher. St Barnabas' Church of England Aided 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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