Drayton Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.963 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Drayton Community Primary School is a primary school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Drayton 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 | 0.963 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 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.963 miles, the 30th shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.23 miles).
- That Reception 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2014, though it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2022 to 2023.
- Reception 2026 saw 33 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% 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
- Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 194 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this welcoming school where everyone flourishes.”
- “They understand the school’s values, which include kindness and teamwork.”
- “One parent expressed the views of many by commenting, ‘Drayton sits at the heart of the community.’”
To improve
- “However, some pupils struggle to confidently recall their knowledge of number and calculation to help them solve problems.”
- “A few staff need further training to strengthen their understanding of the programme.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 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) | 47% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Thameside Primary School 1.3 mi Good
- Caldecott Primary School 1.5 mi Good
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Steventon Village 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Marcham Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Carswell Community Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained
- Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Requires improvement
- St Blaise CofE Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good
- St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon 2.4 mi School remains Good