St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 2-11
Religion Church of England
Address Pioneer Way
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX26 1BF
Phone 01869252393
Reference Number 123188

St Edburg’s Church of England School is performing well overall, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2016. The school community is welcoming, with strong relationships between pupils and staff, resulting in a supportive learning environment. Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum that prepares all pupils, including those with special educational needs, for their next steps in learning. However, there are opportunities for improvement in the sequencing of learning in some foundation subjects, which could enhance pupil achievement.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 562
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.78%
Girls: 48.22%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 23.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 48 39 87
2 32 27 59
3 29 32 61
4 32 28 60
5 25 35 60
6 36 23 59

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 59.1%
White, Other 7.1%
Chinese 6.8%
Indian 6.8%
White & Asian 3.6%
Mixed, Other 3.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3%
Asian, Other 2.7%
African 1.4%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
Pakistani 0.9%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 17 Feb 2022
Date Report
17 Feb 2022 School inspection
23 Nov 2016 Full inspection:
21 Nov 2014 Monitoring visit
17 Sep 2014 Full inspection:
11 Jan 2011 Full inspection:
06 Feb 2008 Full inspection:
17 May 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Strong relationships and a supportive school community.
  • High expectations reflected in an ambitious curriculum.
  • Effective teaching of reading, particularly phonics in early years.
  • Pupils with SEND achieve well due to tailored support.
  • Positive behavior and attitudes towards learning.
  • Wide range of extracurricular activities available.

Areas for Improvement

  • Curriculum sequencing in a small number of subjects needs improvement.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 64%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 12%

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 107
Maths 104

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 2.7
Writing 1.8
Maths 1.9

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 38 2
Third Preference 28 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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