Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Bampton, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.292 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Bampton, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 May 2023. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Aston and Cote Church of England 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 | 1.292 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 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 |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 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
- Reception 2026 drew 37 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
- At 1.4 first choices per offer for Reception 2026, it was the 6th highest of 241 Oxfordshire primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.292 miles away, nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2012; distances have swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 85% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
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
- Cote Road, Aston, Bampton, OX18 2DU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have high aspirations about pupils’ learning.”
- “They want pupils to be ‘ASTONishing learners’ who are aspirational, tenacious, independent, curious and hardworking.”
- “Pupils are keen to live up to these high expectations and try their best in lessons.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders are yet to finalise their curriculum thinking about how and when knowledge needs to be taught.”
- “However, in a few subjects, this is still developing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 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) | 85% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 27 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.
- Bampton CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Good
- Ducklington Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good
- Buckland Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Standlake Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi Good
- Clanfield CofE Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Longworth Primary School 3.7 mi Good
- Brize Norton Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen Emma's Primary School 3.8 mi Good