Longford Park Primary School, Banbury

Ofsted's report card from its 13 January 2026 inspection grades Longford Park Primary School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a highly positive culture in which pupils attend regularly and behave well."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children get off to a flying start in the early years."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders place inclusion at the heart of the school's work and are rightly proud of this aspect of the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders provide an established and ambitious strategic direction for the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Most pupils achieve well."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the quality of curriculum and teaching across the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that the personal development programme is carefully planned and well suited to the school's context."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should continue to further embed consistent handwriting expectations so that pupils develop fluent, legible writing and produce work that reflects leaders' high standards. • Leaders should ensure that learning is designed to help to further deepen pupils' recall of key knowledge across the curriculum, enabling them to know more, remember more and make stronger connections over time. • Leaders should further support pupils to apply their knowledge accurately and present their learning to the same high standard in some areas of the wider curriculum as they do other subjects".

In its own words: "At Longford Park Primary School, we believe that all children have the right to develop ambition and achieve their own potential. By instilling aspiration and high expectations in every child, we empower them to become confident, compassionate, and successful citizens of the world."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Longford Park Primary School & Nursery. We are situated at the heart of our local community and we know that the positive and collaborative partnerships we have with our families and wider community members are key to creating the best possible environment for learning."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, choir, chess, coding, gardening, art, book club and forest school.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care until 6:00pm.

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

Results fell from 91% in reading and 77% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 53 families put Longford Park Primary School as their first choice and 140 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 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 Longford Park Primary School are Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 68% reading, 67% maths); St John's Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 70% reading, 53% maths); The Grange Community Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 93% reading, 93% maths); and Dashwood Banbury Academy (1.4 miles, Good, 74% reading, 74% maths).

Longford Park Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Longford Park Primary School is one of 43 schools run by GLF Schools, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

39 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Longford Park Primary School (as of April 2026): 87% would recommend the school, 90% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (67%).

15.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 26.1% 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 (13%) and Mixed (10%).

Longford Park Primary School had 18 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Banbury Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (opposite), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Longford Park Primary School 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 2024/25, Longford Park Primary School issued 12 suspensions, 4.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Longford Park Primary School are Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form (1.1 miles), Wykham Park (1.2 miles) and Futures Institute Banbury (1.3 miles).