St Christopher's Church of England School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Lechlade, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.667 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Christopher's Church of England School is a primary school in Lechlade, Oxfordshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Christopher's Church of England 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 | 4.667 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 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026's last offer went to a child living 4.667 miles away, the 5th longest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 22 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Of the 34 applications for Reception 2026, 7 came from families living outside Oxfordshire, and 6 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Oxfordshire primary schools.
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
- Lechlade Road, Langford, Lechlade, GL7 3LA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 125 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “Staff know every child at this school really well and put them at the heart of everything they do.”
- “Leaders have extremely high standards for all.”
- “The school’s vision of ‘be the best’ is truly part of day-to-day life.”
To improve
- “In subjects such as music and computing, leaders have not yet mapped out key knowledge to match the ambition of the other curriculum areas.”
- “Sometimes, a very small minority of pupils do not always behave as expected.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 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) | 36% | 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, 22 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 Oxfordshire.
- St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Clanfield CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Edith Moorhouse Primary School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton 3.4 mi Good
- Gateway Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Carterton Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School 4.3 mi Standards maintained
- Bampton CofE Primary School 4.5 mi Good