Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Banbury, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.49 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Banbury, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Loveday 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 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.49 miles away, the shortest of the 14 years with a published distance and nearer than in 2025.
- Among 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, it was 14th shortest; the middle figure was 1.23 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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
- White Post Road, Bodicote, Banbury, OX15 4BN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 425 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Staff greet pupils with a smile as they come into school happily, excited for the day ahead.”
- “Pupils, staff and leaders aspire to live out the school values of, ‘be kind and be honest and have courage to live life in all its fulness’.”
- “Staff care deeply for the pupils in their school.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how teachers check the precise knowledge pupils are remembering and how this knowledge is deepened.”
- “Published outcomes for pupils do not always reflect the secure progress pupils make.”
- “The school is aware that they have more work to do to support pupils to improve their handwriting, letter formation and presentation in books, however.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2026 (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) | 51% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Longford Park Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Grange Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- St John's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- Harriers Banbury Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Queensway School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Dashwood Banbury Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good
- St Leonard's Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury 1.7 mi Good