Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton

Academy converter·Primary school Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire·OX7 5AX
Composite score
59.0
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#4,230
National rank
#626
In South East
#68
In Oxfordshire
Top 29%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 25 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
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1 per place
1.2020220.9720231.0320241.0020250.962026

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

Every child who put Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
183
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
24.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,262
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton at a glance

Located in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 183 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 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 29% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton 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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