Combe CofE Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Church Walk
Combe
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX29 8NQ
Phone 01993891644
Reference Number 123116

Combe CofE Primary School has shown a positive shift in performance after its recent inspection, transitioning from its previous outstanding grade to a good rating in the current framework. The school prides itself on being a warm and welcoming environment where pupils are encouraged to embody values like community, compassion, and wisdom. While the overall quality of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and management are commendable, the school is focusing on enhancing certain curriculum areas to ensure all pupils can achieve their best, particularly in reading and comprehension in key stage 2. This is especially pertinent as the school has not been inspected for 14 years, and it has been exempt from routine inspections until recently due to legislative changes.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 105
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.48%
Girls: 49.52%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 4.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 12.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 9 5 14
2 9 8 17
3 8 9 17
4 5 9 14
5 9 8 17
6 6 3 9

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 81.9%
White, Other 9.5%
Chinese 1.9%
White & Asian 1.9%
Mixed, Other 1.9%
Asian, Other 1.9%
African 1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 06 Jul 2022
Date Report
06 Jul 2022 School inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
29 Apr 2008 Full inspection:
13 Sep 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • High expectations of pupils' learning and behavior.
  • Inclusive culture where pupils value diversity.
  • Strong personal, social, and emotional development program.
  • Effective identification and support for pupils with SEND.
  • Rich, well-crafted curriculum that promotes knowledge retention.

Areas for Improvement

  • Curriculum thinking in a few subjects needs refinement.
  • Support for phonics learning in key stage 2 is not effectively embedded.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 89%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 22%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 113
Maths 110

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.3
Writing 2.1
Maths 1.6

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 13 0
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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