Rose Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.418 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Rose Hill Primary School is a primary school in Oxford, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 July 2025. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Rose Hill 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 | 0.418 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
- At Rose Hill, 50.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there are 13.8 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 22.7% and 22.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 0.418 miles away, 9th shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.23 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2012; it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
- In 2024/25, 34% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd 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
- The Oval, Rose Hill, Oxford, OX4 4SF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 268 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 July 2025
Strengths
- “Rose Hill Primary School is a place where pupils are lovingly welcomed into school every day.”
- “Pupils enjoy playing with their friends and learning about ‘fun and exciting things’.”
- “They like the new playtime toys and resources which they enjoy sharing with one another.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not achieve well in published national outcomes.”
- “This is because the curriculum is not delivered effectively enough.”
- “This means that pupils do not develop a deep body of knowledge in the subjects they study.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 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) | 34% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 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.
- John Henry Newman Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Larkrise Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Frideswide Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- St Swithun's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published