Academy converter · Oxfordshire

Wolvercote Primary School

3–11Ages
338Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142384URN

First Turn, Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8AQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodDec 2012

School remains Good (Improving)Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024

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

103 applications for 45 places · 111th of 187 in Oxfordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

86%met the expected standard

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodDec 2012

School remains Good (Improving)Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024

Inspection history

13 March 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
11 December 2012
Graded inspection: Good · as Wolvercote Primary School, URN 123051

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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 entry

2.3applications per place, Reception

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

103 applications · 45 places offered · 50 named it first

2026 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2025 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.7
2024 2.9; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2023 2.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2022 2.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2021 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2020 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2018 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2017 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2016 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2015 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
2014 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school

This school
Oxfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Wolvercote Primary School (URN 123051), the previous school.

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	103	2.3	50	1.11
Sep 2025	44	106	2.4	49	1.11
Sep 2024	36	106	2.9	35	0.97
Sep 2023	45	112	2.5	52	1.16
Sep 2022	45	111	2.5	51	1.13
Sep 2021	45	104	2.3	44	0.98
Sep 2020	45	128	2.8	51	1.13
Sep 2018	45	93	2.1	45	1.00
Sep 2017	45	107	2.4	49	1.09
Sep 2016	44	97	2.2	44	1.00
Sep 2015 *	45	99	2.2	39	0.87
Sep 2014 *	45	117	2.6	48	1.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 89% · Writing 86% · Maths 86% → all three 86% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard86%14th of 226 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard89%

Oxfordshire 79% England 78%

Higher standard50%

Oxfordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard86%

Oxfordshire 74% England 75%

Greater depth25%

Oxfordshire 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard86%

Oxfordshire 75% England 77%

Higher standard20%

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	86%	9%	108	105
2023/24	80%	16%	110	105
2022/23	87%	13%	110	106

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

Wolvercote Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good · improving2024

2.3applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
Cutteslowe Primary School
1.4 km · Oxfordshire

Standards maintained2025

2.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford
2.0 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School
2.2 km · Oxfordshire

2026

6.2applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School
3.0 km · Oxfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

6.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School
3.3 km · Oxfordshire

Good2023

2.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
William Fletcher Primary School
3.4 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington
3.5 km · Oxfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School
3.5 km · Oxfordshire

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 76%met the SATs standard

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

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142384 · 931/2534
Trust: River Learning Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 338 on roll
Free school meals: 10.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 November 2015
Replaced: Wolvercote Primary School (URN 123051)
Address: First Turn, Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8AQ
Local authority: Oxfordshire · Oxford

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