Didcot Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Didcot, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.373 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Didcot Primary Academy is a primary school in Didcot, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Didcot 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 | 0.373 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 3 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 0.373 miles, the 5th shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.23 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 83 first-choice applications for 58 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 241 Oxfordshire primary schools.
- In 2026, 56 Reception offers went to first-choice families and 27 first-choice families (33%) were not offered a place; 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% 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
- Chestnut Drive, Great Western Park, Didcot, OX11 6DP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 451 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are eager to come to school.”
- “They are happy at school and feel safe.”
- “Pupils treat each other well, and this helps them feel able to be themselves.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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) | 80% | 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: 83 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.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oxfordshire.
- Aureus Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stephen Freeman Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Manor Primary School 0.8 mi Good
- Northbourne Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Willowcroft Community School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harwell Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ladygrove Park Primary School 1.4 mi Good
- Hagbourne Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published