Bure Park Primary School, Bicester

In its own words: "Bure Park is a large primary school providing education for pupils aged 3-11 years. Pupils are admitted into the Nursery in the September after their 3rd birthday and Reception in the September after their 4th birthday. The school is set in plentiful landscaped grounds in the middle of a large estate on the outskirts of Bicester town."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Bure Park Primary School is proud to serve its local community. Our motto - learning, sharing, growing and caring is at the heart of what we do and believe, so that all our children can grow to "be the best they can be"."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, hockey, chess, book club and forest school.

Coming up: an admissions event on Monday 16 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Bure Park Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 82% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 75% in Oxfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 69% in reading and 76% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 58 families put Bure Park Primary School as their first choice and 151 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bure Park Primary School are Southwold Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 70% reading, 75% maths); Brookside Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 75% reading, 75% maths); St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester (0.6 miles); and Glory Farm Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 75% reading, 68% maths).

Bure Park Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

7.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 10.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (67%) and Mixed (11%).

In 2026, 79 pupils (19.7%) received SEN support and 28 (7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Bure Park Primary School had 23 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Bicester North Rail Station, about 780 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Blake Road (opposite), 170 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 151 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Oxfordshire (52), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Bure Park Primary School issued 12 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Bure Park Primary School are The Cooper School (0.5 miles), The Bicester School (0.6 miles) and Whitelands Academy (1.5 miles).