Wheatley Church of England Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Oxfordshire·OX33 1NN
Composite score
57.6
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#4,685
National rank
#680
In South East
#78
In Oxfordshire
Top 32%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
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
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
49
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
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1 per place
0.9420221.0020230.9020240.9720251.002026

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

Every child who put Wheatley 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
282
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
27.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,993
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Wheatley Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 282 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 36.0 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 32% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 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). Wheatley 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 5.4%. There are about 27.1 pupils per teacher. Wheatley 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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