Woodstock Church of England Primary School

West Oxfordshire · OX20 1LL

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 366 pupils, 7.7% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Woodstock Church of England Primary School

General Information

Address: Shipton Road, Woodstock, OX20 1LL – View on map
Phone: 01993812209
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Anne Hipwell
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 53 families put it first for 55 places – 10 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 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

366 pupils out of 380 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 28
% eligible for free school meals: 7.7%
Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the West Oxfordshire average)
English as an additional language: 18% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 11.9% a year (West Oxfordshire 18.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 16% moved to another school, 84% 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.

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

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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: 3.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 4.0%
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.

Pupils on SEN Support: 13.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.2%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 20 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

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.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the West Oxfordshire average (61%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 77% against an expected 67%)
3-year average (expected standard): 77%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 87% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
Average test scores: reading 108, maths 106
Based on: 45 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

This schoolWest Oxfordshire averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 12 percentage points above the West Oxfordshire average (61%).

Year 6 SATs: 14th of 45 junior and primary schools in the area

#12North Leigh Church of England School79%
#13Enstone Primary School78%
#14Woodstock Church of England Primary School73%
=15Hailey Church of England Primary School71%
=15Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton71%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Cassington92%
#2Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School91%
#3Kingham Primary School90%
=4Combe CofE Primary School89%
=4Eynsham Community Primary School89%
#6Leafield Church of England Primary School86%
=7Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School85%
=7Chadlington Church of England Primary School85%
=9Freeland Church of England Primary School83%
=9Witney Community Primary School83%
#11Great Tew County Primary School80%
#12North Leigh Church of England School79%
#13Enstone Primary School78%
#14Woodstock Church of England Primary School73%
=15Hailey Church of England Primary School71%
=15Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton71%
#17St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot69%
#18Middle Barton Primary School67%
=19Gateway Primary School65%
=19Madley Brook Community Primary School65%
=19St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School65%
#22Bladon Church of England Primary School62%
#23Ducklington Primary School59%
=24Charlbury Primary School58%
=24Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School58%
=24Hanborough Manor CofE School58%
#27St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School57%
=28Tackley Church of England Primary School56%
=28The Batt Church of England Primary School56%
#30Wychwood Church of England Primary School53%
#31The Blake Church of England Primary School52%
=32Bampton CofE Primary School50%
=32Brize Norton Primary School50%
=32Burford Primary School50%
=32Carterton Primary School50%
=32Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney50%
#37Standlake Church of England Primary School48%
#38Edith Moorhouse Primary School47%
#39Clanfield CofE Primary School44%
#40St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton37%
#41St Christopher's Church of England School36%
#42Tower Hill Community Primary School35%
#43Stonesfield Primary School31%
#44St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton27%
#45Queen Emma's Primary School24%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £5,684 (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.

47th of 48 primary schools in West Oxfordshire for spending per pupil

#45Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School£5,818
#46The Batt Church of England Primary School£5,716
#47Woodstock Church of England Primary School£5,684
#48West Witney Primary School & Nursery£2,516

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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.

Rank School Score

#1Finstock Church of England Primary School£11,226
#2Chadlington Church of England Primary School£9,736
#3Leafield Church of England Primary School£9,048
#4Middle Barton Primary School£8,774
#5Enstone Primary School£8,449
#6Tackley Church of England Primary School£8,247
#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
#12St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Cassington£7,806
#13Tower Hill Community Primary School£7,791
#14Hailey Church of England Primary School£7,776
#15Great Tew County Primary School£7,745
#16St Christopher's Church of England School£7,480
#17Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton£7,262
#18St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot£7,260
#19North Leigh Church of England School£7,241
#20St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School£7,173
#21Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School£7,125
#22Combe CofE Primary School£7,102
#23St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton£7,060
#24St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton£7,000
#25Witney Community Primary School£6,912
#26Queen Emma's Primary School£6,890
#27Windrush Church of England Primary School£6,870
#28Kingham Primary School£6,799
#29Burford Primary School£6,783
#30Carterton Primary School£6,656
#31Charlbury Primary School£6,653
#32Brize Norton Primary School£6,402
#33Freeland Church of England Primary School£6,378
#34Wychwood Church of England Primary School£6,353
#35Eynsham Community Primary School£6,352
#36Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney£6,342
#37Madley Brook Community Primary School£6,230
#38The Blake Church of England Primary School£6,221
#39Edith Moorhouse Primary School£6,193
#40Hanborough Manor CofE School£6,115
#41Gateway Primary School£6,105
#42Ducklington Primary School£6,083
#43Bampton CofE Primary School£6,021
#44St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School£5,997
#45Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School£5,818
#46The Batt Church of England Primary School£5,716
#47Woodstock Church of England Primary School£5,684
#48West Witney Primary School & Nursery£2,516

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