Community school · Oxfordshire

Windmill Primary School

4–11Ages
623Pupils
PrimaryPhase
123047URN

Margaret Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8NG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.7per place

close to Oxfordshire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Oxfordshire

212 applications for 79 places · 61st of 187 in Oxfordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

58%met the expected standard

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 21 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.7applications per place, Reception

close to Oxfordshire median (2.5) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

212 applications · 79 places offered · 75 named it first

2026 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2025 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.7
2024 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2023 3.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2022 2.9; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2021 2.9; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2020 3.2; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2019 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
2018 3.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2017 3.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2016 3.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2015 3.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2014 3.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.1

More applications per place than the Oxfordshire median in 12 of 13 years.

This school
Oxfordshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	79	212	2.7	75	0.95
Sep 2025	89	236	2.7	113	1.27
Sep 2024	90	239	2.7	90	1.00
Sep 2023	89	290	3.3	122	1.37
Sep 2022	90	263	2.9	124	1.38
Sep 2021	89	261	2.9	122	1.37
Sep 2020	90	284	3.2	130	1.44
Sep 2019	90	252	2.8	132	1.47
Sep 2018	90	276	3.1	107	1.19
Sep 2017	90	310	3.4	150	1.67
Sep 2016	90	281	3.1	132	1.47
Sep 2015	90	299	3.3	119	1.32
Sep 2014	90	275	3.1	108	1.20

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 65% · Maths 74% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard58%138th of 226 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard74%

Oxfordshire 79% England 78%

Higher standard44%

Oxfordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard65%

Oxfordshire 74% England 75%

Greater depth10%

Oxfordshire 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard74%

Oxfordshire 75% England 77%

Higher standard30%

Oxfordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Oxfordshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	58%	7%	107	105
2023/24	65%	3%	108	107
2022/23	60%	7%	107	106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Windmill Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.7applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford
0.5 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2023

5.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Wood Farm Primary School
0.7 km · Oxfordshire

Good2022

2.0applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Bayards Hill School
1.2 km · Oxfordshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Barton Park Primary School
1.6 km · Oxfordshire

Good2023

1.9applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford
1.7 km · Oxfordshire

Standards maintained2025

3.2applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Tyndale Community School
1.9 km · Oxfordshire

Standards maintained2025

3.6applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City
2.0 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2022

2.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
New Marston Primary School
2.0 km · Oxfordshire

Standards maintained2025

4.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 123047 · 931/2527
Capacity: 630 pupils · 623 on roll
Free school meals: 6.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Margaret Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8NG
Local authority: Oxfordshire · Oxford

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources