Ewelme CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.503 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ewelme CofE Primary School is a primary school in Wallingford, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Ewelme 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 | 1.503 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, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 13 offers; 11 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.503 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2012.
- Free school meal eligibility is 3.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 12.4% 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
- Burrows Hill, Ewelme, Wallingford, OX10 6HU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 92 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming school where pupils feel happy and safe.”
- “Many say that they ‘love school, their teachers and friends’.”
- “One parent commented that this school is a ‘nurturing and supportive environment where children feel respected’.”
To improve
- “However, staff have not had subject-specific training in some subjects.”
- “In these subjects, they do not always deepen pupils’ knowledge as well as they could.”
- “However, in a few subjects, staff do not gain an accurate understanding of what pupils already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 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: 15 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 11 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.
- RAF Benson Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- Benson Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged
- Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good
- Fir Tree Junior School 3.1 mi School remains Good
- St Laurence Church of England School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Nicholas CofE Primary School , Wallingford 3.2 mi School remains Good
- Chalgrove Community Primary School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published