Freeland Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Witney, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
15.657 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Freeland Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Witney, Oxfordshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2022. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Freeland Church of England Primary 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 | 15.657 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 15.657 miles away, the longest of the 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply, most of all from 2023 to 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 15 years with a published distance.
- In Reception 2026, every first-choice family was offered a place, with 9 first-choice applications for 10 offers and 1 offer to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
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
- Parklands, Freeland, Freeland Primary School, Witney, OX29 8HX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 131 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 May 2022
Strengths
- “Relationships between pupils are warm.”
- “In class, pupils listen to each other and are confident to express their own views.”
- “Pupils feel safe in school because they know who they can talk to if they have any concerns.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects pupils’ learning is not as well structured.”
- “In these subjects, leaders have not set out precisely enough what knowledge they want pupils to know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 2022 (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) | 83% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 9 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.
- Hanborough Manor CofE School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- North Leigh Church of England School 1.4 mi Good
- Combe CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bladon Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good
- Eynsham Community Primary School 2.7 mi Improved significantly
- Stonesfield Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged
- Madley Brook Community Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Cassington 3.2 mi School remains Good