William Morris Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Banbury, Oxfordshire·OX16 0UZ
Composite score
46.2
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#8,720
National rank
#1293
In South East
#144
In Oxfordshire
Top 59%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
69%
39 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.30
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
107
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1020220.9020231.1420241.0720251.302026

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 William Morris Primary School. 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
234
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
34.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,802
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About William Morris Primary School

William Morris Primary School is a primary school in Banbury, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 234 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. 71% 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 16.0 percentage points year on 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 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). William Morris Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 39 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 25.5 pupils per teacher. William Morris 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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