South Moreton Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Didcot, Oxfordshire·OX11 9AG
Composite score
60.0
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#3,917
National rank
#574
In South East
#64
In Oxfordshire
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 13/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 13 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120221.0020230.9520240.7520250.852026

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

Every child who put South Moreton 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
116
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,371
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

South Moreton Primary School is a primary school serving Didcot, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 116 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. 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%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 26% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made South Moreton Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 13 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. South Moreton 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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