St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore

Academy converter·Primary school Oxfordshire·OX4 6LD
Composite score
46.9
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#8,446
National rank
#1250
In South East
#142
In Oxfordshire
Top 57%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
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
94%
31 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
100
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020241.0020251.032026

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 John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore. 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
232
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
65.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,478
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore is a primary school serving Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 232 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 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 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 94% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (31 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 24.7 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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