Wychwood Church of England Primary School, Chipping Norton
Wychwood Church of England Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Chipping Norton. It has a Church of England religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in March 2011. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in October 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 8th-highest of the 9 schools in Chipping Norton with published results, and 10,359th of 14,452 across England. It was 92% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2011)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
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
Wychwood Church of England Primary School in detail
Wychwood Church of England Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "Our vision is taken from Philippians 2.15 'Shine as Lights in the World' At Wychwood we aspire to shine as lights in the world, fostering a life-long love for learning."
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Wychwood Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 75% in Oxfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 85% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Wychwood Church of England Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Wychwood Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 46 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 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 Wychwood Church of England Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Wychwood Church of England Primary School are Leafield Church of England Primary School (3.2 miles, Good, 93% reading, 100% maths); Bledington Primary School (3.2 miles, Good, 100% reading, 89% maths); Burford Primary School (3.8 miles, Good, 63% reading, 50% maths); and Kingham Primary School (3.9 miles, Good, 97% reading, 100% maths).
Wychwood Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.
Leafield Church of England Primary SchoolBledington Primary SchoolBurford Primary SchoolKingham Primary School
What parents say
97 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wychwood Church of England Primary School (as of September 2025): 95% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 86% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (86%).
Who goes there
9.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Shipton Rail Station, about 1060 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Post Office (outside), 270 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wychwood Church of England 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 9 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Oxfordshire (52).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Wychwood Church of England Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
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
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from March 2011, 15 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?
The school community provides a close and caring ethos in which everyone is welcomed. New pupils settle in quickly. Pupils are enthusiastic about all the school has to offer, including educational visits, residential trips and a wide range of clubs including sports, music and languages.
The school has high expectations that every pupil 'shines as a light'. The school enables pupils to achieve well across a broad range of subjects. It ensures that all pupils have opportunities and gain interests in which they excel. Weekly assemblies celebrate the achievements of pupil heroes and stars across all aspects of life in the school.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school provides a well-organised curriculum, setting out clearly the key content they expect pupils to learn and the sequence in which it is taught. Pupils revisit and build on their learning over time from the early years onwards. Teachers' strong subject knowledge enables pupils to gain secure understanding of more complex ideas. Pupils gain insight into what it means to be experts, for example in history or science. In the early years, adults' carefully chosen resources and skilful explanations enabled children to rapidly grasp understanding of number. However, in a few subjects, the identification of specific knowledge and skills the school intends pupils to learn lacks precision. This means that occasionally pupils' learning does not build up to deeper concepts as quickly as it could.
The school has a well-established programme for the teaching of early reading. Leaders ensure that all staff are trained in the expected approaches. This ensures there is consistently strong practice in the teaching of phonics. Staff regularly check how well pupils are learning. The school provides pupils with support that targets the specific aspects of phonics they need to improve. This helps pupils to become confident and fluent readers.
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 March 2011 inspection - unchanged since its previous inspection.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
9.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
97 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 declined from 85% to 67% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 73% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 90% to 58% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
25.9
Avg class size
24.0
Infant (KS1)
27.2
KS2
10
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Wychwood Church of England Primary School
4th September 2026 - 4 Sep 26
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5th June 2026 - 5 Jun 26
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15th May 2026 - 15 May 26
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Wychwood Church of England Primary School.
- Next Generation Soccer Schools950m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Wychwood Church of England Primary School is a voluntary controlled 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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Wychwood Church of England 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
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
92%
Near capacity
290 pupils
315 places
25 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Chipping Norton
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Chipping Norton
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(7)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
53
SEN Support
12
EHC Plans
22.7%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
286
Total Pupils
140
Boys
146
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
18
Teachers
15.9:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£45,964
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,090
Per pupil
£1609k
Total funding
£35k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.7%
Overall absence
9.3%
Persistent absence
258
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Questions parents ask about Wychwood Church of England Primary School
What are SATs results like at Wychwood Church of England Primary School?
Of the pupils at Wychwood Church of England Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 67% reached the expected standard in reading and 73% did so in maths.
What is Wychwood Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Wychwood Church of England Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in March 2011, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Wychwood Church of England Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Wychwood Church of England 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 Wychwood Church of England Primary School?
Wychwood Church of England Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 92% of its 315 places.
How big are the classes at Wychwood Church of England Primary School?
Classes at Wychwood Church of England Primary School average 25.9 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Wychwood Church of England Primary School?
Wychwood Church of England Primary School has around 286 pupils on roll. 9% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Wychwood Church of England Primary School?
4.7% of sessions were missed at Wychwood Church of England Primary School in 2024/25. 9.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Wychwood Church of England Primary School?
Apply through Oxfordshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Wychwood Church of England 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.
Does Wychwood Church of England Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Wychwood Church of England Primary School: Next Generation Soccer Schools (950m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Wychwood Church of England Primary School's term dates?
Wychwood Church of England Primary School is a voluntary controlled 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 Wychwood Church of England 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 Wychwood Church of England Primary School?
Wychwood Church of England Primary School is at Milton Road, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 6BD.
Sources: Oxfordshire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)