Stanford In the Vale CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.467 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stanford In the Vale CofE Primary School is a primary school in Faringdon, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2022. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Stanford In the Vale CofE 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 | 0.467 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.467 miles, the 11th shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.23 miles).
- That 2026 Reception figure was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2012, and the shortest of the 15 years with a published distance; the biggest swing came from 2023 to 2024.
- Reception 2026 drew 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% 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
- High Street, Stanford-in-the-Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this inspiring and inclusive school.”
- “Leaders have created a culture that promotes ambition, kindness and respect.”
- “Pupils show a genuine care for one another and form strong friendships.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that in some subjects, such as physical education and mathematics, pupils do not consistently achieve as well as they could.”
- “This is because leaders are not always explicit about the key knowledge pupils must understand and use.”
- “Assessment is not used consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 February 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) | 50% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Shellingford Church of England (Voluntary Aided) School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Buckland Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Folly View Primary 3.4 mi Not judged
- Uffington Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi Good
- The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good
- The Elms Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Millbrook Primary School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Nicholas CofE Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published