Bure Park Primary School

Bure Park Primary School is performing well, overall rated as good across all key areas including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school provides a vibrant and caring environment, where pupils feel safe and included, demonstrating strong community values. The curriculum is ambitious, with high expectations set from early years onward, and effective implementation of phonics to support reading development. However, the school is in a phase of refining its curriculum delivery to ensure all teachers are equipped with the necessary knowledge for consistent reporting and support for student learning.

Strengths

• High expectations and a warm sense of community foster a positive learning environment.
• Wide range of extra-curricular clubs and activities enhance personal and social skills.
• Effective implementation of the phonics programme helps pupils catch up with reading.
• Strong focus on inclusivity, particularly for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Staff are dedicated and proud to work at the school, showing commitment to improving student outcomes.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum delivery hinder some pupils' learning.
• Governors have not evaluated leaders' work closely, affecting accountability.

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 Bure Park Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.1% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Bure Park Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Bure Park Primary School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.6% 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, 19.7% of pupils at Bure Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.0% 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 Bure Park Primary School received £7,242 and spent £7,086 for each of its 397 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £81,000 (£203 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 Bure Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bure Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Bure Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bure Park Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Bure Park Primary School have?

Bure Park Primary School has 402 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bure Park Primary School cover?

Bure Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Bure Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bure Park Primary School?

Bure Park Primary School is at Lucerne Avenue, Bure Park, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 3BP.