Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Main Road, Stanton Harcourt, Witney, OX29 5RJ – View on map
- Phone: 01865881948
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Faye Tingley
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 15 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 20
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the West Oxfordshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 24.3% a year (West Oxfordshire 18.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 56% moved to another school, 44% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- 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: 5.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 91% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 27% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 30 percentage points above the West Oxfordshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 78% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 78%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 91% · Maths 100% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 107
- Based on: 11 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: 2nd of 45 junior and primary schools in the area
- #1St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Cassington92%
- #2Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School91%
- #3Kingham Primary School90%
- =4Combe CofE Primary School89%
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36th of 44 primary schools in West Oxfordshire for Ofsted rating
- #34St Peter's Church of England Primary School, CassingtonGood
- #35Standlake Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #36Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #37Stonesfield Primary SchoolGood
- #38The Batt Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,947 (2024-25)
9th of 48 primary schools in West Oxfordshire for spending per pupil
- #7Stonesfield Primary School£8,196
- #8Clanfield CofE Primary School£8,055
- #9Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School£7,947
- #10Bladon Church of England Primary School£7,822
- #11Standlake Church of England Primary School£7,822
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