Cherry Fields Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–11 · Banbury, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.479 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cherry Fields Primary School is a primary school in Banbury, Oxfordshire for ages 2–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Cherry Fields 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 | 1.479 mi |
| 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.479 miles away, the 31st longest of the 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception 2026 distance was about the same as in 2024 and nearer than in 2020; the biggest swing came between 2022 and 2023.
- In Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 6 December 2022; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire, 4 are rated Good and 4 have no current grade.
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
- Wardington Road, Banbury, OX16 2DF
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to Cherry Fields.”
- “They are keen to find out new information and can recollect their learning with confidence.”
- “The limitless ambition for every single pupil is reflected in the school’s motto ‘Dream, Believe, Achieve’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Hanwell Fields Community School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hardwick Primary School and Nursery 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hill View Primary School 1.4 mi Good
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury 1.4 mi Good
- St Leonard's Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dashwood Banbury Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good
- William Morris Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cropredy Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade