Community school · Oxfordshire

Carswell Community Primary School

3–11Ages
210Pupils
PrimaryPhase
123080URN

Bostock Road, Carswell Primary School, Abingdon, OX14 1DP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMay 2015

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.6per place

close to Oxfordshire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Oxfordshire

79 applications for 30 places · 69th of 187 in Oxfordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

79%met the expected standard

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMay 2015

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

Inspection history

5 February 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
20 May 2015
Graded inspection: Good

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

2.6applications per place, Reception

close to Oxfordshire median (2.5) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

79 applications · 30 places offered · 29 named it first

2026 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2025 3.8; Oxfordshire median median 2.7
2024 4.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2023 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2022 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2021 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2020 3.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2019 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
2018 3.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2017 3.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2016 4.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2015 3.9; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2014 1.8; 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	30	79	2.6	29	0.97
Sep 2025	18	69	3.8	17	0.94
Sep 2024	17	69	4.1	17	1.00
Sep 2023	30	85	2.8	30	1.00
Sep 2022	30	80	2.7	26	0.87
Sep 2021	30	78	2.6	27	0.90
Sep 2020	29	101	3.5	36	1.24
Sep 2019	30	84	2.8	29	0.97
Sep 2018	30	107	3.6	39	1.30
Sep 2017	29	104	3.6	43	1.48
Sep 2016	30	120	4.0	53	1.77
Sep 2015	30	116	3.9	43	1.43
Sep 2014	54	98	1.8	40	0.74

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 83% · Maths 86% → all three 79% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard79%32nd of 226 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard90%

Oxfordshire 79% England 78%

Higher standard34%

Oxfordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

Oxfordshire 74% England 75%

Greater depth24%

Oxfordshire 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard86%

Oxfordshire 75% England 77%

Higher standard21%

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	79%	10%	107	105
2023/24	69%	4%	107	105
2022/23	63%	11%	105	105

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

Carswell Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.6applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Caldecott Primary School
0.6 km · Oxfordshire

Good2023

2.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon
0.9 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Thameside Primary School
1.0 km · Oxfordshire

Good2023

2.4applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
1.4 km · Oxfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Dunmore Primary School
1.4 km · Oxfordshire

2025

3.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Thomas Reade Primary School
1.8 km · Oxfordshire

Good2024

5.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Rush Common School
1.8 km · Oxfordshire

2026

2.5applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Long Furlong Primary School
2.2 km · Oxfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.6applications per place 47%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 123080 · 931/2595
Capacity: 210 pupils · 210 on roll
Free school meals: 11.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Bostock Road, Carswell Primary School, Abingdon, OX14 1DP
Local authority: Oxfordshire · Vale of White Horse

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