Harwell Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Didcot, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.4 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harwell Primary School is a primary school in Didcot, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 September 2022. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Harwell 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 | 1.4 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 6 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 1.4 miles away, 33rd longest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.23 miles).
- The 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2012, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- There were 28 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- The Styles, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 September 2022
Strengths
- “Every pupil receives a warm welcome and a smile at the start of each day.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school, of how they get along together and of how kind they are.”
- “This is a caring school with a real sense of family and belonging.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, leaders have not yet set out precisely what they want children to learn.”
- “This means that pupils do not build essential knowledge securely and are unable to practise using it in different contexts.”
- “Teachers do not check for secure understanding before moving the learning on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 2022 (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) | 62% | 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, 30 offers in total, 27 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 Blaise CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Didcot Primary Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Aureus Primary School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stephen Freeman Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Amand's Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained
- Manor Primary School 2.0 mi Good
- The Hendreds Church of England School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Steventon Village 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade