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Wantage Church of England Primary School

3–11Ages
435Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
140255URN

Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJun 2015

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.3per place

0.3 below Oxfordshire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Oxfordshire

102 applications for 45 places · 112th of 187 in Oxfordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

73%met the expected standard

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJun 2015

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

Inspection history

12 February 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
24 June 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

2.3applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Oxfordshire median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

102 applications · 45 places offered · 43 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2025 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.7
2024 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2023 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2022 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2021 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2020 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2019 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
2018 1.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2017 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2016 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2015 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2014 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.1

More applications per place than the Oxfordshire median in 1 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	45	102	2.3	43	0.96
Sep 2025	51	116	2.3	50	0.98
Sep 2024	50	104	2.1	43	0.86
Sep 2023	54	107	2.0	40	0.74
Sep 2022	35	74	2.1	29	0.83
Sep 2021	45	77	1.7	43	0.96
Sep 2020	50	106	2.1	39	0.78
Sep 2019	57	98	1.7	48	0.84
Sep 2018	60	83	1.4	47	0.78
Sep 2017	58	123	2.1	68	1.17
Sep 2016	38	85	2.2	37	0.97
Sep 2015	58	86	1.5	38	0.66
Sep 2014	56	112	2.0	53	0.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 86% · Writing 76% · Maths 81% → all three 73% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard73%52nd of 226 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard86%

Oxfordshire 79% England 78%

Higher standard49%

Oxfordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard76%

Oxfordshire 74% England 75%

Greater depth8%

Oxfordshire 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard81%

Oxfordshire 75% England 77%

Higher standard24%

Oxfordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (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	73%	7%	108	104
2023/24	69%	10%	106	103
2022/23	67%	8%	107	104

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

Wantage Church of England Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Stockham Primary School
1.2 km · Oxfordshire

2026

3.6applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Charlton Primary School
1.3 km · Oxfordshire

Standards maintained2024

2.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Wantage Primary Academy
2.0 km · Oxfordshire

Outstanding2023

2.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
St Nicholas CofE Primary School
2.1 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Millbrook Primary School
2.9 km · Oxfordshire

Good2023

2.3applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Grove Church of England School
3.2 km · Oxfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

7.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School
4.0 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2024

2.5applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney
5.6 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2024

2.1applications per place 45%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
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Urgent improvement
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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140255 · 931/3246
Trust: Cambrian Learning Trust
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 420 pupils · 435 on roll
Free school meals: 23.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2013
Replaced: Wantage Church of England Primary School (URN 123165)
Address: Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DJ
Local authority: Oxfordshire · Vale of White Horse

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