Edith Moorhouse Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Carterton, Oxfordshire·OX18 3HP
Composite score
35.2
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National rank
#1841
In South East
#198
In Oxfordshire
Top 83%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
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
87%
46 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
1.04
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
114
any preference, for 44 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.19
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1120221.1320231.0020240.8620251.042026

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 Edith Moorhouse 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
337
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,193
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Edith Moorhouse Primary School

Edith Moorhouse Primary School is a primary school in Carterton, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 337 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 10.0 percentage points compared with 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 102 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Edith Moorhouse Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 46 first choices for 44 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% 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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