Sunningwell Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Oxon, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.078 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Sunningwell Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Oxon, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Sunningwell 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 | 1.078 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
- In 2024/25, 100% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
- For Reception 2026 there were 16 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (6%) was not offered a place.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 1.078 miles, nearer than in 2025 and the 34th shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- There are 16.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.3 across 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
- Dark Lane, Sunningwell, Sunningwell C of E Primary, Dark Lane, Oxon, OX13 6RE
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 78 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and know the importance of behaving well.”
- “They enjoy being part of the school, which they say ‘feels like a family’.”
- “Pupils appreciate the rich opportunities the school provides beyond their small community.”
To improve
- “The school recognises the need to make improvements to other subjects to ensure pupils learn as confidently across the full curriculum.”
- “However, in other subjects, the knowledge and skills pupils need to learn are not taught in a logical order.”
- “Pupils cannot always remember what they have been taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 2024 (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) | 100% | 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: 16 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.
- Long Furlong Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained
- Dry Sandford Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Dunmore Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rush Common School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon 1.7 mi School remains Good
- Thomas Reade Primary School 1.9 mi Good
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged