Bledington Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chipping Norton, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Bledington Primary School is a primary school in Chipping Norton, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Bledington Primary School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 7 earlier figures.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, with 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers; places ran out in all 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
For Reception 2026, 19 of the 33 applications (58%) came from families living outside Gloucestershire, and 4 offers went to them.
In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Old Burford Road, Bledington, Chipping Norton, OX7 6US
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 81 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 9.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 14.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 3 July 2023

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to attend Bledington Primary School.”
“Staff encourage pupils to live out the school’s motto of ‘enjoy, engage and challenge’.”
“Pupils say it feels like a family here.”

To improve

“In mathematics, however, subject leaders have not regularly checked how teachers deliver the curriculum and use assessment.”
“This means they have not been able to refine the curriculum as well as they have in other subjects.”
“However, this is not always reflected in their written work.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	56%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Gloucestershire.

Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
The Rissington School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
Swell Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Longborough Church of England Primary School 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St David's Church of England Primary School 6.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Sherborne Church of England Primary School 6.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Cold Aston Church of England Primary School 7.6 mi Not judged Last distance published