Hill View Primary School, Banbury

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades Hill View 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.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a highly inclusive culture in the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils are extremely well supported in their personal development."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Typically, pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, achieve well in national tests."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have made important improvements in how they tackle repeated absence."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have put in place an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a well-resourced and welcoming early years provision."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders consistently act in the very best interests of children."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to work with families to improve attendance"; "Leaders should continue to improve the teaching of writing so that pupils develop their accuracy and fluency"; "Leaders should ensure that consistently high-quality teaching enables pupils to deepen their skills and knowledge".

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils at Hill View Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% 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 (66% in reading, 71% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 39 families put Hill View Primary School as their first choice and 102 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 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 Hill View Primary School are Hardwick Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles, Good, 77% reading, 77% maths); William Morris Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 71% reading, 75% maths); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 65% reading, 69% maths); and Orchard Fields Community School (0.7 miles, Good, 96% reading, 91% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Hill View Primary School.

Hill View Primary School is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

29 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hill View Primary School (as of April 2026): 83% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 38% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (83%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (38%).

28.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (56%), Asian (14%) and Mixed (9%).

Hill View Primary School provides for pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, social, emotional and mental health needs and severe learning difficulties.

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

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hill View Crescent (opposite), 160 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 313 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Oxfordshire (52), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Hill View Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Hill View Primary School are North Oxfordshire Academy (0.6 miles), Futures Institute Banbury (1.4 miles), Wykham Park (1.4 miles) and Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form (1.5 miles).