St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot

Academy converter·Primary school Bampton, Oxfordshire·OX18 2PU
Composite score
74.0
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#1,257
National rank
#172
In South East
#21
In Oxfordshire
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
25%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
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
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
70%
20 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
1.43
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 14 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.22
00.511.52
1 per place
1.1420220.9320231.1420241.2120251.432026

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 Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot. 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
100
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
5.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,260
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot

St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot is a primary school in Bampton, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 100 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 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 risen by 33.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 8% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 25% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 20 first choices for 14 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.4%. There are about 18.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot 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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