Wolvercote Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.724 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Wolvercote Primary School is a primary school in Oxford, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Wolvercote 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 | 0.724 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 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 |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 86% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
- Reception 2026 drew 50 first-choice applications for 45 offers, all to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.724 miles away, nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2012.
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
- First Turn, Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8AQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 338 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love their joyful and vibrant school.”
- “They develop a thirst for knowledge and enjoy sharing what they know and have learned.”
- “The school is aspirational for all pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 86% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 45 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.
- Cutteslowe Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained
- St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford 1.2 mi School remains Good
- St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged
- St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School 2.0 mi Good
- William Fletcher Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington 2.2 mi Not judged
- West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School 2.2 mi Standards maintained