Watlington Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Watlington, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.638 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Watlington Primary School is a primary school in Watlington, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Watlington 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 | 3.638 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 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last place offered went to a child 3.638 miles away, the 9th longest of the 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 but nearer than in 2012, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 23% 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
- Love Lane, Watlington, OX49 5RB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 227 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend this school.”
- “They describe school as fun and full of kindness.”
- “They feel safe and are taught to keep themselves safe.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects the precise knowledge that pupils need to learn is less well defined.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils’ learning is less well sequenced, leading to misconceptions and gaps in their knowledge.”
- “However, the school recognises that teaching about the fundamental British values of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law are not yet as fully developed as other personal development areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (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) | 63% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 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.
- Lewknor Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged
- Chalgrove Community Primary School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ewelme CofE Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- RAF Benson Community Primary School 4.0 mi Good
- Tetsworth Primary School 4.3 mi Requires improvement
- Benson Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi Not judged
- Nettlebed Community School 5.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published