Witney Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Witney, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.807 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2013–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Witney Community Primary School is a primary school in Witney, Oxfordshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2013 to 2026 entry.
Witney Community 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 | 0.807 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
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Among 7 schools, this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the highest.
- Reception 2026 drew 36 first-choice applications for 28 offers, all to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.807 miles away, nearer the school than in 2025 or 2013; the biggest swing came from 2024 to 2025.
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
- Hailey Road, Witney, OX28 1HL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 232 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this community school.”
- “They understand the school values, which underpin their actions and attitudes.”
- “Pupils develop into responsible, articulate and impressive young people.”
To improve
- “However, participation to these clubs is not high yet for all pupils.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders are still refining their curriculum thinking.”
- “In these subjects, teachers do not always know what to teach and when.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2023 (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) | 83% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Tower Hill Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good
- Madley Brook Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hailey Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged
- The Batt Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- The Blake Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- West Witney Primary School & Nursery 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Queen Emma's Primary School 1.3 mi Good