St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.509 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City is a primary school in Oxford, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 March 2022. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City 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 | 0.509 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
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.509 miles, 16th shortest of the 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- That 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2012, though it has swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 38 first-choice applications for 31 offers; all 31 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd 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
- Marston Road, Marston, Oxford, OX3 0EJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are bright, lively and eager to learn.”
- “They enjoy coming to this welcoming school because they feel safe, see their friends and love playing together in the spacious grounds.”
- “Pupils are kind to each other and are proud of their nurturing school.”
To improve
- “However, leaders accept that this curriculum development is not yet finished and have clear plans to address this.”
- “Teachers and leaders do not use assessment well enough to improve learning.”
- “For example, it is not used to help pupils embed and use knowledge fluently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 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) | 72% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 31 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- East Oxford Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- New Marston Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained
- St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Windmill Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged
- St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Barton Park Primary School 1.4 mi Good