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Edward Feild Primary School, Kidlington

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Ages 4–11

Edward Feild Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Kidlington, part of River Learning Trust. It was 77% full in 2025.

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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Oxfordshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Edward Feild Primary School in detail

Edward Feild Primary School in its own words

In its own words: "Our mission is to provide the best education for our children, helping them to overcome any challenges they face. We encourage our community to strive together for personal growth through our values of integrity , grit , and above all, kindness."

From the headteacher's welcome: "I'm incredibly proud to be the headteacher at this wonderful school. In conjunction with Robin Preschool and the River Learning Trust , we serve the communities of Kidlington, the neighbouring villages and beyond. We have a dedicated staff who want the best for every child, a welcoming parent/carer community and, most importantly, incredible children!"

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include cooking and art.

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:15am and after-school care.

Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

Edward Feild Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 123075), 76% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

Getting a place at Edward Feild Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Edward Feild Primary School as their first choice and 72 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Edward Feild Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Edward Feild Primary School are St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington (0.3 miles, Good, 92% reading, 92% maths); West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School (0.3 miles, Good, 85% reading, 85% maths); North Kidlington Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 76% reading, 83% maths); and William Fletcher Primary School (1.6 miles, Good, 82% reading, 76% maths).

St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, KidlingtonWest Kidlington Primary and Nursery SchoolNorth Kidlington Primary SchoolWilliam Fletcher Primary School

The trust

Edward Feild Primary School is one of 31 schools run by River Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 31 schools in River Learning Trust

Who goes there

15% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 29.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (65%), Mixed (9%) and Asian (7%).

Staffing

Edward Feild Primary School had 18 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Oxford Parkway Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lovelace Drive (opposite), 120 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Edward Feild Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime

Location

Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Scott Lewis
Pupils:293
LA:Oxfordshire
Phone:01865372268
Website:efps.org.uk
Address:Bicester Road, Kidlington, OX5 2LG
Trust:RIVER LEARNING TRUST (31 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 February 2025

Ofsted Rating

Edward Feild Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in February 2025. Before that, as Edward Feild Primary School (URN 123075), it was rated Good in May 2017.

URN:151467
UKPRN:10096991
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Bicester and Woodstock
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

At a Glance

15.0%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Class Sizes

24.4

Avg class size

25.6

Infant (KS1)

26.3

KS2

12

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

Results at Edward Feild Primary School before it took its current form in 2025 (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

Published under the school's previous registration (URN 123075). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-14ppMaths+5ppWriting+2pp

Reading has declined from 90% to 76% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 69% to 74% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 69% (2024 to 2025).

How Does This School Compare?

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Before and after school care

Edward Feild Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Oxfordshire

Term dates

Edward Feild Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Oxfordshire's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Lovelace Drive (opp)
122m · 2 min walk
Evans Lane (adj)
225m · 4 min walk
Evans Court (adj)
284m · 5 min walk
Gosford Hill (N-bound)
374m · 6 min walk
Springfield Road (adj)
414m · 7 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
5
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight.

No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.

1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Oxfordshire is 5 (the median across 369 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Edward Feild Primary School

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

77%

Available places

288 pupils

375 places

87 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Kidlington

Low pressure
New homes approved:522
Projected new pupils:131

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Kidlington

Across Oxfordshire council

Low demand council-wide0.80 applications per place

Places available

8,615

Applications

6,903

Got 1st preference

94.0%

Got preferred school

99.3%

All primary applications across Oxfordshire council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

57

SEN Support

15

EHC Plans

24.6%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health25
Autistic Spectrum Disorder18
Moderate Learning Difficulty11
Speech, Language & Communication11
Specific Learning Difficulty4
Hearing Impairment1
Physical Disability1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
64.8%
Asian
7.2%
Black
2.4%
Mixed
8.9%
Other
3.1%
Unclassified
3.8%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals15.0%
English as Additional Language29.7%

293

Total Pupils

153

Boys

140

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

18

Teachers

16.3:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£48,334

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,051

Per pupil

£1629k

Total funding

£70k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£73,950
EAL funding£37,969
Lump sum£148,458

2025-26 financial year allocations

Absence at Edward Feild Primary School before it took its current form in 2025
2024/25

Published under the school's previous registration (URN 123075). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.

5.7%

Overall absence

13.8%

Persistent absence

254

Enrolments

Authorised4.2%
Unauthorised1.5%
Persistent (10%+)13.8%
Severe (50%+)1.2%

Absence trend

3.6%
18/19
3.3%
20/21
6.4%
21/22
7.4%
22/23
6.0%
23/24
5.7%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Edward Feild Primary School

Are there exam results for Edward Feild Primary School?

Edward Feild Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 123075), 76% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

What is Edward Feild Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Edward Feild Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in February 2025. Before that, as Edward Feild Primary School (URN 123075), it was rated Good in May 2017.

What is the catchment area for Edward Feild Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Edward Feild Primary School is oversubscribed, Oxfordshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Edward Feild Primary School?

Edward Feild Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 77% of its 375 places.

How big are the classes at Edward Feild Primary School?

Classes at Edward Feild Primary School average 24.4 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Edward Feild Primary School?

Edward Feild Primary School has around 293 pupils on roll. 15% are eligible for free school meals.

How do I apply to Edward Feild Primary School?

Apply through Oxfordshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Edward Feild Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Edward Feild Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Edward Feild Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.

How many road collisions happen near Edward Feild Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Oxfordshire is 5 (the median across 369 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Edward Feild Primary School?

Edward Feild Primary School is at Bicester Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2LG.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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