Edith Moorhouse Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Carterton, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.669 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2013–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Edith Moorhouse Primary School is a primary school in Carterton, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2013 to 2026 entry.
Edith Moorhouse 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 | 0.669 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.669 miles, the 23rd shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.23 miles).
- That Reception 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2013, though it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2024 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 saw 46 first-choice applications for 44 offers; 40 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest 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
- Lawton Avenue, Carterton, OX18 3HP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 336 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy to be at school.”
- “They appreciate how they are taught to behave well and to be respectful.”
- “As a result, they feel very secure as they learn and play.”
To improve
- “In a few other subjects, some pupils do not remember what they have learned as consistently.”
- “However, the curriculum is sometimes not used as successfully in some other subjects.”
- “This means that some pupils find it more difficult to recall their prior learning and to apply and build their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 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) | 47% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 40 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton 0.1 mi Good
- Carterton Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Gateway Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brize Norton Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bampton CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Good
- Clanfield CofE Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published