Schoolfile
Search

Academy converter · Oxfordshire

Watchfield Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 315Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140301URN

North Street, Watchfield, SN6 8SD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

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

37 applications for 14 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
56%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 1 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 13 October 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

37 applications · 14 places offered · 13 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.9; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  6. 2021 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  8. 2019 1.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
  11. 2016 1.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.1; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202614372.6130.93
Sep 202521361.7200.95
Sep 202433561.7320.97
Sep 202320351.8201.00
Sep 202222421.9210.95
Sep 202133481.5331.00
Sep 202045611.4360.80
Sep 201933431.3320.97
Sep 201835531.5320.91
Sep 201747621.3420.89
Sep 201638511.3350.92
Sep 201527391.4260.96
Sep 201442471.1370.88

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 74% · Maths 70% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard56%151st of 226 in Oxfordshire
Reading
Expected standard81%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard74%
Greater depth12%
Maths
Expected standard70%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2556%5%105102
2023/2426%2%102102
2022/2354%8%105103

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

  • 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
140301 · 931/2572
Trust
Cambrian Learning Trust
Capacity
420 pupils · 315 on roll
Free school meals
20.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2013
Replaced
Watchfield Primary School (URN 123068)
Address
North Street, Watchfield, SN6 8SD
Local authority
Oxfordshire · Vale of White Horse

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