Didcot Primary Academy, Didcot

From the headteacher's welcome: "A very warm welcome to Didcot Primary Academy. This is a highly successful, popular and multicultural primary school. I am the founding Principal of Didcot Primary Academy and am now Executive Principal of both Didcot Primary Academy and Sires Hill Primary Academy which opened in September 2023. Both schools benefit from a shared leadership and curriculum."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £7.50 per session.

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils at Didcot Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 75% in Oxfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (89% in reading, 87% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 83 families put Didcot Primary Academy as their first choice and 224 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 27 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Didcot Primary Academy are Aureus Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 88% reading, 80% maths); Stephen Freeman Primary School (0.4 miles); Manor Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 61% reading, 58% maths); and Northbourne Church of England Primary School (1 mile, Good, 67% reading, 69% maths).

Didcot Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Didcot Primary Academy is one of 4 schools run by Omnia Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

85 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Didcot Primary Academy (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (94%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (63%).

9.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 31.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (55%), Asian (15%) and Mixed (8%).

The nearest railway station is Didcot Parkway Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is ASDA (opposite), 210 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Didcot Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 88 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Oxfordshire (52), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Didcot Primary Academy issued 18 suspensions, 3.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Didcot Primary Academy are Aureus School (0.1 miles), UTC Oxfordshire (0.2 miles), Didcot Sixth Form College (0.6 miles) and Didcot Girls' School (0.7 miles).