Great Tew County Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.245 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Great Tew County Primary School is a primary school in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Great Tew County 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 | 4.245 mi |
| 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 4.245 miles away: 6th longest of the 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.23 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and further than in 2012, though it has swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 15 offers; all 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 27% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oxfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Great Tew, Chipping Norton, OX7 4DB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 100 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are immensely proud of their village school.”
- “Staff are nurturing and supportive.”
- “Pupils embody the school’s culture of kindness.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, in a few wider curriculum subjects, some learning tasks do not always support pupils sufficiently well on the specific knowledge they need to remember securely.”
- “This means that, at times, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could to deepen their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 2025 (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) | 80% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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 Oxfordshire.
- Enstone Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Middle Barton Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good
- Hook Norton Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good
- Bloxham Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged
- Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good
- Deddington Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton 5.0 mi School remains Outstanding
- Dr Radcliffe's Church of England Primary School 5.3 mi Good Last distance published