Hanwell Fields Community School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Banbury, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.995 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hanwell Fields Community School is a primary school in Banbury, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Hanwell Fields Community 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 | 0.995 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.995 miles, further from the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2012.
- Reception 2026 had 65 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Rotary Way, Banbury, OX16 1ER
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 454 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this nurturing school.”
- “Compassion and kindness are at the heart of the school community.”
- “Pupils know that they are safe and there is always an adult who helps them if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes during whole class explanations and discussions, checking for understanding is not used as effectively as it could be.”
- “Occasionally, staff hear only from pupils who are most confident and fluent in their use of vocabulary.”
- “This means pupils’ misunderstandings are sometimes not identified and some pupils are not afforded the opportunity to develop their fluency and oracy as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (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) | 48% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 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.
- Hardwick Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cherry Fields Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hill View Primary School 0.7 mi Good
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury 1.0 mi Good
- William Morris Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury 1.3 mi Not judged
- Orchard Fields Community School 1.4 mi Improved significantly
- St Leonard's Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published