Wantage Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–11 · Wantage, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.197 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wantage Primary Academy is a primary school in Wantage, Oxfordshire for ages 2–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Wantage Primary Academy 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 | 1.197 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 16 May 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire, 6 are Good, 1 has no current grade and 1 Requires improvement.
- For Reception 2026 the last place offered went to a child 1.197 miles away, nearer than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- There were 75 first-choice applications for 61 Reception offers in 2026; 61 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest 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
- Rutherford Road, Wantage Primary Academy, Wantage, OX12 7GQ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 322 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils love their school and are incredibly proud to attend.”
- “The never-ending ambition for every single pupil is echoed in the school’s motto ‘Belong, Believe, Achieve’.”
- “These goals are recognised and understood by all.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 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) | 70% | 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: 75 first-preference applications, 61 offers in total, 61 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.
- Charlton Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained
- Wantage Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained
- Millbrook Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Grove Church of England School 1.3 mi Not judged
- Stockham Primary School 1.4 mi Some aspects not as strong
- St Nicholas CofE Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney 2.6 mi School remains Good
- The Hendreds Church of England School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published