Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in West Northamptonshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 10 March 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 1 December 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry63 applications · 46 places offered · 46 named it first
- 2026 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2017 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2016 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- 2015 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.3
- 2014 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.2
- This school
- West Northamptonshire 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 | 46 | 63 | 1.4 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 45 | 54 | 1.2 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 38 | 48 | 1.3 | 37 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 46 | 58 | 1.3 | 44 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 35 | 43 | 1.2 | 33 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 42 | 52 | 1.2 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 45 | 61 | 1.4 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 52 | 68 | 1.3 | 51 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 52 | 74 | 1.4 | 52 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 53 | 66 | 1.3 | 51 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 50 | 75 | 1.5 | 49 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 50 | 67 | 1.3 | 51 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 | 51 | 67 | 1.3 | 49 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 68% · Writing 67% · Maths 82% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 61% | 4% | 104 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 4% | 106 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | 21% | 107 | 108 |
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
- Middleton Cheney Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 8%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · Oxfordshire20261.8applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place
- 4.5 km · OxfordshireOutstanding20223.7applications per place
- 4.6 km · OxfordshireGood20232.3applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · OxfordshireGood20222.9applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · Oxfordshire20262.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139866 · 941/2070
- Trust
- Prime7 MAT
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 322 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Middleton Cheney Community Primary School (URN 121846)
- Address
- Main Road, Middleton Cheney, Banbury, OX17 2PD
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources