Fir Tree Primary School, Wallingford

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Fir Tree Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 84% 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 (80% in reading, 81% in maths).

Year groups in primary schools are small, so a handful of pupils can move these figures by several points from one year to the next.

For September 2026 entry, 22 families put Fir Tree Primary School as their first choice and 66 named it as one of their preferences, for 22 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

Across Oxfordshire, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Oxfordshire lodged 105 appeals against primary school offers; 59 reached a hearing and 23 succeeded (39% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Fir Tree Primary School are St Nicholas CofE Primary School , Wallingford (0.2 miles, Good); St John's Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 79% reading, 64% maths); Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School (1.2 miles, Good, 88% reading, 85% maths); and Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 91% reading, 87% maths).

Fir Tree Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Fir Tree Primary School is one of 46 schools run by Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2023/24.

14.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 8.9% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2025, 57 pupils (24.3%) received SEN support and 16 (6.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Fir Tree Primary School employed 11 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 21 pupils. Their average salary was £43,812.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £5,223 per pupil (£1.3 million in total), including £49,995 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest Underground station is Wallingford (Cholsey & Wallingford Railway), about 530 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fir Tree Avenue (opposite), 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Fir Tree Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 34 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Oxfordshire (52).

Fir Tree Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2023/24.