King's Meadow Primary School

King's Meadow Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining the standards set during its previous inspection. The school fosters a welcoming environment where pupils are encouraged to be part of a nurturing community dedicated to kindness, motivation, and success. With high expectations in place, students achieve commendable results across the curriculum, developing resilience and strong character traits. The emphasis on enrichment opportunities further enhances students' holistic development, engaging them actively in school life.

Strengths

• Welcoming environment for pupils.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective provision for pupils with SEND.
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on reading and literacy.
• Extensive enrichment opportunities.
• High expectations leading to good pupil outcomes.
• Involvement of pupils in leadership roles.

Areas for Improvement

• Need for more depth in mathematics curriculum to facilitate higher achievement.
• Writing curriculum lacks clarity in steps for skill development.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at King's Meadow Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.2% of pupils at King's Meadow Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 King's Meadow Primary School had 24.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.5% of pupils at King's Meadow Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 King's Meadow Primary School received £6,127 and spent £6,408 for each of its 440 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £79,000 (-£179 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is King's Meadow Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King's Meadow Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was King's Meadow Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

King's Meadow Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does King's Meadow Primary School have?

King's Meadow Primary School has 443 pupils on roll.

What age range does King's Meadow Primary School cover?

King's Meadow Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are King's Meadow Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is King's Meadow Primary School?

King's Meadow Primary School is at Shakespeare Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 2LU.