Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Watlington, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.484 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Watlington, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Aston Rowant 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 | 1.484 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
- 17.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.484 miles, about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2012; it has swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 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, 40% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest 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
- School Lane, Aston Rowant, Watlington, OX49 5SU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 99 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 May 2022
Strengths
- “Every child is known and believed in at Aston Rowant.”
- “It may be a small school, but everyone here has big ideas.”
- “The school’s strapline of ‘growing together’ encourages pupils to do this.”
To improve
- “On her arrival, the headteacher identified that the school’s performance had dipped significantly.”
- “Governors had been seeing the school through rose-coloured glasses.”
- “Even so, the connection between early years content and what is then taught in key stage 1 needs sharpening.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 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) | 40% | 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.
- Lewknor Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged
- Mill Lane Community Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tetsworth Primary School 3.1 mi Requires improvement
- Watlington Primary School 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- John Hampden Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Barley Hill Primary School 4.4 mi Standards maintained
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame 4.6 mi Not judged