Manor Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Didcot, Oxfordshire·OX11 7LB
Composite score
40.3
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#10,808
National rank
#1618
In South East
#175
In Oxfordshire
Top 73%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
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%
15 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.54
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
112
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.64
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6120220.8920230.5620241.1820250.542026

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

Every child who put Manor 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
301
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,329
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Manor Primary School

Manor Primary School is a primary school in Didcot, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 301 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 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 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Manor Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 15 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 22.1 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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