William Morris Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Banbury, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.411 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
William Morris Primary School is a primary school in Banbury, Oxfordshire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 July 2025. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
William Morris 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 | 0.411 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 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last distance offered for Reception 2026 was 0.411 miles, the 8th shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.23 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 24.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.6 across 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
- Bretch Hill, Banbury, OX16 0UZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are extremely polite and friendly in this welcoming school.”
- “They are proud of their school and delight in showing it off to visitors.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are caring and kind.”
To improve
- “However, the same rigorous approach is not applied to the teaching of early writing.”
- “Errors in pupils’ handwriting skills, including letter formation, pencil grip and joining techniques, are not consistently identified or addressed effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 71% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Hill View Primary School 0.4 mi Good
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury 0.5 mi Not judged
- Hardwick Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Orchard Fields Community School 0.6 mi Improved significantly
- Queensway School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hanwell Fields Community School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury 1.1 mi Good
- Harriers Banbury Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good