The Batt Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Witney, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.331 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Batt Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Witney, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
The Batt 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 | 0.331 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 |
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 0.331 miles, the 3rd shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.23 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2021, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% 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
- Marlborough Lane, Corn Street, Witney, OX28 6DY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 289 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel nurtured and listened to by adults.”
- “The spirit of kindness is evident in how pupils and staff treat each other.”
- “This means that pupils are accepting of differences and motivated to be active and positive citizens in their local community.”
To improve
- “Some pupils do feel that there have previously been some worries about bullying.”
- “In a few subjects, the curriculum is less well developed and does not build securely on what children learn in Reception.”
- “The Reception curriculum is mostly well developed but is less sufficiently established in a small number of areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 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) | 56% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 4 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 Mary's Church of England Infant School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Tower Hill Community Primary School 0.5 mi Good
- Queen Emma's Primary School 0.5 mi Good
- The Blake Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney 0.7 mi School remains Good
- West Witney Primary School & Nursery 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Witney Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Madley Brook Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published