Ewelme CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Burrows Hill, Ewelme, Wallingford, OX10 6HU – View on map
- Phone: 01491839240
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Joseph Ottaway
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 15 families put it first for 13 places – 12 for every 10 places. 73% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 14 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 3
- % eligible for free school meals: 3.3%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (similar to the South Oxfordshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 0% a year (South Oxfordshire 18%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Oxfordshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 9 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 18 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Oxfordshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 17 percentage points below the South Oxfordshire average (67%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 58% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 58%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 67% · Writing 50% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 102
- Based on: 12 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 45th of 53 junior and primary schools in the area
- #43Manor Primary School53%
- #44Woodcote Primary School52%
- =45Ewelme CofE Primary School50%
- =45Marsh Baldon CofE Primary School50%
- #47Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School48%
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13th of 43 primary schools in South Oxfordshire for Ofsted rating
- #11Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England SchoolGood
- #12Dorchester St Birinus Church of England SchoolGood
- #13Ewelme CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #14Fir Tree Junior SchoolGood
- #15Garsington Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,789 (2024-25)
33rd of 56 primary schools in South Oxfordshire for spending per pupil
- #31Barley Hill Primary School£6,877
- #32Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School£6,829
- #33Ewelme CofE Primary School£6,789
- #34St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame£6,773
- #35Valley Road School£6,773
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