Academy converter · Oxfordshire

Thameside Primary School

3–11Ages
205Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144871URN

Cotman Close, Abingdon, OX14 5NL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.4per place

close to Oxfordshire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Oxfordshire

47 applications for 20 places · 102nd of 187 in Oxfordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

48%met the expected standard

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

6 June 2023
Graded inspection: Good
30 September 2021
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

2.4applications per place, Reception

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

47 applications · 20 places offered · 20 named it first

2026 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2025 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.7
2024 2.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2023 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
2022 1.9; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2021 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2020 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
2019 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
2018 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.1
2017 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
2016 1.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
2015 0.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
2014 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Oxfordshire median in 0 of 9 years.

This school
Oxfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Thameside Primary School (URN 123083), 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	20	47	2.4	20	1.00
Sep 2025	22	45	2.1	19	0.86
Sep 2024	23	57	2.5	23	1.00
Sep 2023	26	57	2.2	24	0.92
Sep 2022	29	54	1.9	29	1.00
Sep 2021	22	43	2.0	19	0.86
Sep 2020	25	39	1.6	22	0.88
Sep 2019	24	40	1.7	23	0.96
Sep 2018	30	52	1.7	29	0.97
Sep 2017 *	18	38	2.1	14	0.78
Sep 2016 *	30	38	1.3	18	0.60
Sep 2015 *	57	34	0.6	17	0.30
Sep 2014 *	28	41	1.5	27	0.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 59% · Writing 59% · Maths 70% → all three 48% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard48%191st of 226 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard59%

Oxfordshire 79% England 78%

Higher standard19%

Oxfordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard59%

Oxfordshire 74% England 75%

Greater depth7%

Oxfordshire 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard70%

Oxfordshire 75% England 77%

Higher standard15%

Oxfordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (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	48%	4%	101	103
2023/24	21%	0%	102	97
2022/23	40%	0%	101	100

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

Thameside Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

2.4applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Caldecott Primary School
0.4 km · Oxfordshire

Good2023

2.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Carswell Community Primary School
1.0 km · Oxfordshire

Standards maintained2025

2.6applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon
1.8 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Drayton Community Primary School
2.1 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
2.1 km · Oxfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Dunmore Primary School
2.4 km · Oxfordshire

2025

3.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Thomas Reade Primary School
2.5 km · Oxfordshire

Good2024

5.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Rush Common School
2.6 km · Oxfordshire

2026

2.5applications per place 78%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
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Urgent improvement
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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: 144871 · 931/2598
Trust: Cambrian Learning Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 205 on roll
Free school meals: 35.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 August 2017
Replaced: Thameside Primary School (URN 123083)
Address: Cotman Close, Abingdon, OX14 5NL
Local authority: Oxfordshire · Vale of White Horse

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