Combe CofE Primary School

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.

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.

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 Combe CofE Primary School attended 97.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Combe CofE 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 Combe CofE Primary School had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 16.5% of pupils at Combe CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% 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 Combe CofE Primary School received £6,198 and spent £6,745 for each of its 115 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £69,000 (£598 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 Combe CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Combe CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022.

When was Combe CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Combe CofE Primary School was last inspected in October 2022.

How many pupils does Combe CofE Primary School have?

Combe CofE Primary School has 115 pupils on roll.

What age range does Combe CofE Primary School cover?

Combe CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Combe CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Combe CofE Primary School?

Combe CofE Primary School is at Church Walk, Combe, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 8NQ.