Windmill Primary School

General Information

Address: Margaret Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8NG
Phone: 01865762509
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Andrew Howe
Age range: 4-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Number of pupils: 623
School capacity: 630
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 42
% eligible for free school meals: 6.7%
Nursery provision: No

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 9.8%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 11.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 22 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 11 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £5,738 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #32 of 33 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#30Larkrise Primary School£6,296
#31St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford£5,863
#32Windmill Primary School£5,738
#33Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School£5,702

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1Orchard Meadow Primary School£9,389
#2Windale Primary School£9,184
#3Bayards Hill School£8,756
#4New Hinksey Church of England Primary School£8,416
#5St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School£8,272
#6St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley£8,069
#7Rose Hill Primary School£7,839
#8St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School£7,801
#9Barton Park Primary School£7,687
#10St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School£7,601
#11St Frideswide Church of England Primary School£7,571
#12St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School£7,468
#13Wood Farm Primary School£7,379
#14New Marston Primary School£7,348
#15Pegasus School£7,344
#16St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford£7,154
#17John Henry Newman Academy£7,030
#18Tyndale Community School£6,921
#19St Francis Church of England Primary School£6,890
#20Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School£6,817
#21Wolvercote Primary School£6,767
#22Cutteslowe Primary School£6,757
#23Sandhills Community Primary School£6,687
#24St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford£6,672
#25East Oxford Primary School£6,511
#26St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City£6,489
#27St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore£6,478
#28West Oxford Community Primary School£6,440
#29St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School£6,331
#30Larkrise Primary School£6,296
#31St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford£5,863
#32Windmill Primary School£5,738
#33Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School£5,702

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