Stonesfield Primary School, Witney
Stonesfield Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Witney. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in December 2017. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in October 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 16th-highest of the 19 schools in Witney with published results, and 12,428th of 14,452 across England. It was 61% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2017)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
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
Stonesfield Primary School in detail
Results
In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Stonesfield Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 50% 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 (72% in reading, 56% in maths).
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Stonesfield Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 11 families put Stonesfield Primary School as their first choice and 21 named it as one of their preferences, for 14 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 Stonesfield Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Stonesfield Primary School are Combe CofE Primary School (1.5 miles, Good, 100% reading, 89% maths); Finstock Church of England Primary School (2 miles, Outstanding); Charlbury Primary School (2.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 69% maths); and Hanborough Manor CofE School (2.6 miles, Good, 71% reading, 65% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than Stonesfield Primary School.
Combe CofE Primary SchoolFinstock Church of England Primary SchoolCharlbury Primary SchoolHanborough Manor CofE School
What parents say
44 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Stonesfield Primary School (as of September 2025): 77% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 57% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (57%).
Who goes there
2.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 20 pupils (27.8%) received SEN support and 4 (5.6%) 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 autism.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Finstock Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Prospect Close (adjacent), 170 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Stonesfield 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 1 crime within a mile of the school, most often criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Oxfordshire (52).
Suspensions and exclusions
Stonesfield Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
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 GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from December 2017, 8 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Pupils are proud of their school. They enjoy learning and experiences such as their weekly forest school sessions. They value these opportunities to learn about nature and the environment. They know how to respect the environment. Older pupils understand the importance of the 'Stonesfield Standards' and how these help them to follow the school's rules and routines.
Leaders have high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Since the last inspection, the school has reviewed its curriculum. The school has identified the essential knowledge pupils should know and remember in most subjects. However, the quality of learning activities varies between subjects and year groups. Consequently, pupils are not able to secure curriculum knowledge sufficiently well across the subjects they study.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
Children get off to a positive start in the early years. The school has designed the curriculum to interest children and help them connect their learning. For example, teachers encourage children to write birthday party invitations to develop their vocabulary and handwriting. Phonics teaching in early years is strong. Children remember the sounds that adults have taught them. They recognise letters and match them to the correct sound. They enjoy practising writing the sounds daily. In mathematics, children in the early years are able to count securely to 10 and group objects together. They talk confidently about numbers and use their knowledge to help them enjoy the wider provision activities.
The school's reading curriculum ensures that pupils experience high-quality texts from the early years to Year 6. The school has trained all adults in the phonics scheme. However, some phonics teaching for pupils outside of the early years lacks precision. This means that pupils are less confident in remembering sounds and using these in their reading and writing.
From Ofsted's October 2024 ungraded inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its December 2017 inspection - unchanged since its previous inspection.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
18.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
44 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 75% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 56% to 50% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 78% to 44% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
24.0
Avg class size
21.5
KS2
3
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Stonesfield Primary School
Term dates
Stonesfield Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Oxfordshire. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Wednesday 2 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Stonesfield Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Stonesfield Primary School is in Oxfordshire; for families living there:
- Oxfordshire's school travel policy: Free home to school travel assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Stonesfield Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
61%
Available places
86 pupils
140 places
54 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Witney
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Witney
Across Oxfordshire council
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
Inspection History(9)
Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good, but Ofsted raised concerns; its next inspection will be a full graded one.
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
20
SEN Support
4
EHC Plans
33.3%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
72
Total Pupils
31
Boys
41
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
5
Teachers
14.4:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£49,216
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,343
Per pupil
£654k
Total funding
£17k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.3%
Overall absence
14.9%
Persistent absence
87
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Questions parents ask about Stonesfield Primary School
What are SATs results like at Stonesfield Primary School?
Of the pupils at Stonesfield Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 75% reached the expected standard in reading and 50% did so in maths.
What is Stonesfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Stonesfield Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in December 2017, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Stonesfield Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Stonesfield 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 Stonesfield Primary School?
Stonesfield Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 61% of its 140 places.
How big are the classes at Stonesfield Primary School?
Classes at Stonesfield Primary School average 24 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Stonesfield Primary School?
Stonesfield Primary School has around 72 pupils on roll. 18% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Stonesfield Primary School?
6.3% of sessions were missed at Stonesfield Primary School in 2024/25. 14.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Stonesfield Primary School?
Apply through Oxfordshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Stonesfield 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.
What are Stonesfield Primary School's term dates?
Stonesfield Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Oxfordshire. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Wednesday 2 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027).
How many road collisions happen near Stonesfield Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Stonesfield Primary School?
Stonesfield Primary School is at High Street, Stonesfield, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 8PU.
Sources: Oxfordshire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)