Bampton CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bampton, Oxfordshire·OX18 2NJ
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1928
In South East
#204
In Oxfordshire
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
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
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.80
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9120230.8220240.8120250.802026

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

Every child who put Bampton CofE 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
188
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,021
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Bampton CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Bampton, Oxfordshire, Bampton CofE 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 188 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 25.0 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 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Bampton CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. 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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