Wroxton Church of England Primary School, Banbury
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Wroxton is a welcoming school where children feel safe and happy. Staff provide expert support in reading and writing from the early years, helping all pupils become confident learners. The school goes beyond academics, offering a broad curriculum with sporting opportunities, visits to different places of worship, and leadership roles that help children understand and engage with the world around them.
Key Strengths
- Strong, inclusive school culture with clear values of love, compassion and courage that pupils embrace
- Excellent reading programme with expert staff training and catch-up activities helping pupils become fluent, confident readers
- Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disadvantaged pupils, with staff making precise adaptations to learning
- Good behaviour management with warm, happy atmosphere where pupils feel safe and ready to learn
- Wide range of enrichment experiences including visits to places of worship, sports participation, and leadership opportunities
Areas for Improvement
- In some wider curriculum subjects, the school does not routinely check what pupils have remembered, meaning misconceptions and knowledge gaps are not identified
- Pupils do not build successfully on their learning in some subjects and do not achieve as well as they could
- Need to establish systems to check pupils' understanding before moving to more complex learning
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with the school creating an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Athletics, indoor bowls, eco-team, school council, play champions, healthy relationships project, visits to Hindu temple and mosque
Wroxton Church of England Primary School has maintained good standards since its previous inspection. The school has a strong, inclusive ethos where pupils enjoy coming to school and staff demonstrate high expectations for behaviour and academic achievement.
At a Glance
17.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
16 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 100% to 85%. Maths has declined from 80% to 69%. Writing has improved from 60% to 69%.
Class Sizes
17.0
Avg class size
13.0
Infant (KS1)
18.0
KS2
4
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
59%
Available places
62 pupils
105 capacity
43 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Banbury
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Banbury
Admissions Demand - Oxfordshire
Places available
8,555
Applications
6,831
Got 1st preference
94.0%
Got preferred school
99.1%
Primary admissions across Oxfordshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(3)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.78962%
Overall absence
9.23077%
Persistent absence
65
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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