Checkendon Church of England (A) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Checkendon, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.173 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Checkendon Church of England (A) Primary School is a primary school in Checkendon, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Checkendon Church of England (A) 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 | 6.173 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 6.173 miles away, the 3rd longest of the 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception 2026 distance was further than in 2025, and the longest of the 15 years published; the biggest swing came between 2022 and 2023.
- In Reception 2026 there were 13 first-choice applications for 14 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 4.7% of pupils, below the middle figure of 9.7% 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
- Main Street, Checkendon, RG8 0SR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 86 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 18 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this happy village school.”
- “Staff ensure that every pupil feels a valued part of this close-knit community.”
- “Staff look after pupils well and are alert and responsive to any worries.”
To improve
- “However, while pupils enjoy school, some do not attend school regularly enough.”
- “Nonetheless, inconsistencies in the provision in early years mean that some children are not prepared well enough for key stage 1.”
- “However, achievement in writing is more varied.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 February 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 13 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.
- Stoke Row CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good
- Woodcote Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Peppard Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Kidmore End Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Good
- Nettlebed Community School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sonning Common Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goring Church of England Aided Primary School 3.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Whitchurch Primary School 3.9 mi Good