Willowcroft Community School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Didcot, Oxfordshire
Willowcroft Community School is a primary school in Didcot, Oxfordshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Mereland Road, Didcot, OX11 8BA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 481 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are rightly proud of their happy and nurturing school.”
- “They demonstrate positive attitudes towards their learning and others.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and respectful.”
To improve
- “At times, however, the teaching of phonics is not as precise as it could be.”
- “This means that a small number of pupils are not learning to read as fluently as they could.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teaching is not consistently effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 April 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) | 69% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 56 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Reception 2026, as Oxfordshire published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oxfordshire.
- Northbourne Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Manor Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hagbourne Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ladygrove Park Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Aureus Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stephen Freeman Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Didcot Primary Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published