The Blake Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Witney, Oxfordshire·OX28 3FR
Composite score
51.3
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#6,826
National rank
#1030
In South East
#111
In Oxfordshire
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
15%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
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
100%
26 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
71
any preference, for 26 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820221.0020230.8920241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put The Blake 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
366
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,221
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

The Blake Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Witney, Oxfordshire, The Blake Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 366 pupils aged 5 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 15.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The Blake Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 26 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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