Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School, Banbury

Ofsted's report card from its 17 March 2026 inspection grades Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "Children make an excellent start to their educational journey."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders create a highly inclusive school where staff identify pupils' needs quickly and respond effectively."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Most pupils make secure progress through the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Current attendance is broadly in line with the national average."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Staff across the trust have worked together to design a broad and interesting curriculum."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are ambitious for all pupils to have a broad and rich experience both in the classroom and beyond."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school values of ‘Be kind, be honest and have courage to live life in all its fulness' is central to school life."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen their approaches to how teachers check pupils' knowledge and understanding across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that their high ambition for the curriculum is consistently taught well enabling pupils to deepen their learning overtime".

In its own words: "Our school is a popular voluntary-aided school with approximately 400 children, located in the village of Bodicote. We are extremely proud to lead a team that is committed to children's well-being, achieving high standards and providing the very best opportunities for all in our care."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include swimming, choir and forest school.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care until 5:35pm, from £5.35 per day.

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 67% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 75% in Oxfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 84% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 65 families put Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 180 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 6 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School are Longford Park Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 77% reading, 77% maths); The Grange Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 93% reading, 93% maths); St John's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 70% reading, 53% maths); and Harriers Banbury Academy (1.2 miles, Good, 70% reading, 70% maths).

Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School is one of 10 schools run by The Warriner Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

129 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School (as of April 2026): 99% would recommend the school, 98% say their child is happy there and 70% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (99%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (70%).

13.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 8.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (84%) and Asian (6%).

The nearest railway station is Banbury Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bodicote House (outside), 140 metres away.

In 2024/25, Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School are Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form (0.7 miles), Wykham Park (0.9 miles) and Futures Institute Banbury (0.9 miles).