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Botley School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 189Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 147759URN

Elms Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9JZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
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
53%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 10 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  8. 2019 1.9; Oxfordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Botley School (URN 123067), Elms Road Nursery School and Daycare (URN 122971), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202614372.6130.93
Sep 202518372.1181.00
Sep 202422522.4221.00
Sep 202321572.7190.90
Sep 202226542.1160.62
Sep 202128652.3270.96
Sep 202029572.0291.00
Sep 2019 *49931.9420.86
Sep 2018 *52871.7420.81
Sep 2017 *57921.6510.89
Sep 2016 *601182.0540.90
Sep 2015 *59981.7460.78
Sep 2014 *47791.7340.72

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 78% · Maths 59% → all three 53% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard53%166th of 226 in Oxfordshire
Reading
Expected standard81%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard78%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard59%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2553%0%105103
2023/2438%9%10398
2022/2342%2%104100

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 sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
147759 · 931/2032
Trust
Acer Trust
Capacity
210 pupils · 189 on roll
Free school meals
20.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 March 2020
Replaced
Botley School (URN 123067); Elms Road Nursery School and Daycare (URN 122971)
Address
Elms Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9JZ
Local authority
Oxfordshire · Vale of White Horse

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