Academy converter · Oxfordshire

John Blandy Primary School

4–11Ages
296Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140307URN

Laurel Drive, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

1.0 below Oxfordshire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Oxfordshire

66 applications for 43 places · 179th of 187 in Oxfordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

65%met the expected standard

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 9 December 2025Published 22 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected 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

9 December 2025
Report card · 7 Expected standard
1 December 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

1.5applications per place, Reception

1.0 below Oxfordshire median (2.5) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

66 applications · 43 places offered · 42 named it first

2026 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2025 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.7
2024 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2023 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2022 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2021 1.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2020 1.2; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2019 1.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
2018 1.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2017 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2016 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2015 1.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2014 1.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.1

More applications per place than the Oxfordshire median in 0 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	43	66	1.5	42	0.98
Sep 2025	43	66	1.5	42	0.98
Sep 2024	32	50	1.6	30	0.94
Sep 2023	45	72	1.6	55	1.22
Sep 2022	39	61	1.6	38	0.97
Sep 2021	38	53	1.4	38	1.00
Sep 2020	45	56	1.2	42	0.93
Sep 2019	40	50	1.3	39	0.98
Sep 2018	30	40	1.3	31	1.03
Sep 2017	16	26	1.6	15	0.94
Sep 2016	24	37	1.5	24	1.00
Sep 2015	30	39	1.3	24	0.80
Sep 2014	26	37	1.4	24	0.92

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 68% · Maths 77% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%103rd of 226 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard81%

Oxfordshire 79% England 78%

Higher standard45%

Oxfordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard68%

Oxfordshire 74% England 75%

Greater depth29%

Oxfordshire 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard77%

Oxfordshire 75% England 77%

Higher standard32%

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	65%	19%	108	105
2023/24	52%	7%	102	104
2022/23	65%	16%	106	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

John Blandy Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2025

1.5applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Longworth Primary School
1.7 km · Oxfordshire

Good2024

4.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Standlake Church of England Primary School
5.2 km · Oxfordshire

Good2023

3.5applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School
5.2 km · Oxfordshire

Good2022

5.0applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney
5.5 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2024

2.1applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Marcham Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School
5.7 km · Oxfordshire

Good2023

1.8applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Buckland Church of England Primary School
5.9 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Outstanding2022

4.0applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
Dry Sandford Primary School
7.0 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2023

4.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School
7.6 km · Oxfordshire

Standards maintained2025

1.9applications per place 91%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140307 · 931/3230
Trust: Cambrian Learning Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 296 on roll
Free school meals: 14.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 November 2013
Replaced: John Blandy VC Primary School (URN 123150)
Address: Laurel Drive, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DJ
Local authority: Oxfordshire · Vale of White Horse

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