Europa School UK
All-through · Free schools · Ages 4–19 · Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.901 miles
F. 50% Closest to Node 1 · Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2013–2025 trend 🔒
Europa School UK is an all-through school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire for ages 4–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2013 to 2026 entry.
Europa School UK 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 | 1.901 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 114 first-choice applications for 90 offers; all 90 went to first-choice families, and 24 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place under one of its admission criteria lived 1.901 miles away, further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2013.
- Of the 1,146 pupils on roll, 2.3% are eligible for free school meals, and there are 19.3 pupils per teacher.
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
- Thame Lane, Culham, Abingdon, OX14 3DZ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,146 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are supported to become resilient, considerate and articulate individuals.”
- “The school has exceptionally high expectations for pupils’ outcomes, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “This leads to pupils achieving highly across the curriculum, including at the end of key stage assessments.”
To improve
- “However, at times, this is not as precise as it could be meaning some pupils are not learning to read as quickly as they could.”
- “They recognise there have been some challenges linked to the maintenance of the school environment.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 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) | 67% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 2% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 0.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 114 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 90 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Oxfordshire.
- Kingfisher School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Abingdon School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Unicorn School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Helen and St Katharine 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Manor Preparatory School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Radley College 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Chandlings Prep 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cothill House 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade