Chipping Warden Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Banbury, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chipping Warden Primary Academy is a primary school in Banbury, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 May 2023. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Chipping Warden Primary Academy 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The school had 93 pupils on roll in January 2026, with a published admission number of 15 Reception places for 2027.
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Byfield Road, Chipping Warden, Banbury, OX17 1LD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 93 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 May 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have worked tirelessly to improve the school.”
- “They have established a clear vision that is shared by staff.”
- “Pupils learn to care for themselves, each other and their school.”
To improve
- “In a few lessons this practice is not as effective.”
- “These checks are not as fully developed in other subjects.”
- “However, the key vocabulary that teachers want children to learn and use in the early years is not planned out strategically for each topic.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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) | 33% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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 West Northamptonshire.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Byfield School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Boddington Church of England Primary Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Culworth Church of England Primary Academy 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy 3.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Middleton Cheney Primary Academy 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greatworth Primary School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published