Orchard Meadow Primary School, Oxford

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils at Orchard Meadow Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 64% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 75% in Oxfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 70% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Orchard Meadow Primary School as their first choice and 54 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 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 Orchard Meadow Primary School are Pegasus School (0.3 miles, Good, 71% reading, 80% maths); Windale Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 83% reading, 80% maths); St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore (0.4 miles, Good, 77% reading, 65% maths); and Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 73% reading, 73% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Orchard Meadow Primary School.

Orchard Meadow 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.

36.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 39.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (37%), Asian (18%) and Mixed (15%).

In 2026, 46 pupils (22%) received SEN support and 14 (6.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Radley Rail Station, about 3.1 miles away in a straight line.

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

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

In August 2026, police recorded 250 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Oxfordshire (52), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Orchard Meadow Primary School issued 4 suspensions, 1.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.