Mill Lane Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Chinnor, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.497 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Mill Lane Community Primary School is a primary school in Chinnor, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Mill Lane Community 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 | 0.497 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
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.497 miles, the 15th shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; it was further than in 2025.
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
- For Reception 2026 there were 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
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
- Mill Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4RF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 231 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending their vibrant, welcoming and happy school.”
- “They are proud to be part of the school’s caring and nurturing community.”
- “Pupils trust that adults will keep them safe.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not identify pupils’ misconceptions effectively enough.”
- “Where this happens, pupils do not secure the important knowledge they need and do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 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) | 83% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 26 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.
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lewknor Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged
- John Hampden Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Tetsworth Primary School 3.8 mi Requires improvement
- Barley Hill Primary School 3.9 mi Standards maintained
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame 4.2 mi Not judged
- Watlington Primary School 5.4 mi Not judged Last distance published