St Leonard's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Banbury, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.349 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Banbury, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
St Leonard's 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 | 0.349 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.349 miles away, 4th shortest of the 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- This Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2012, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 15 years with a published distance.
- Reception entry in 2026 drew 46 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 45 went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd 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
- Overthorpe Road, Banbury, OX16 4SB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 336 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this highly inclusive school, where everyone matters.”
- “Pupils generally attend school regularly and arrive with a positive attitude, ready to learn.”
- “Pupils are warmly welcomed by caring staff who know them and their needs well.”
To improve
- “Leaders know, however, there is more work to do to ensure that all pupils attend as regularly as they should.”
- “While some pupils make rapid progress from their starting points, overall achievement is not as high as it should be, however.”
- “Persistent absence remains a concern for some pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2026 (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) | 44% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 45 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.
- Dashwood Banbury Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury 0.9 mi Good
- St John's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- Harriers Banbury Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good
- The Grange Community Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Queensway School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hanwell Fields Community School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hill View Primary School 1.5 mi Good