St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester

Academy converter·Primary school Bicester, Oxfordshire·OX26 2NX
Composite score
49.9
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#7,303
National rank
#1088
In South East
#120
In Oxfordshire
Top 49%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 33 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
95
any preference, for 33 places
Applications from another council area
2%

Every child who put St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester 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
231
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
41.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£4,147
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester at a glance

Located in Bicester, Oxfordshire, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 231 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 12.0 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 around the middle 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). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester 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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