Middleton Cheney Primary Academy

Middleton Cheney Primary Academy is performing well, demonstrating a strong standard of education across various domains. The school has established a positive and safe environment where pupils feel valued, leading to well-prepared students for the next stages of their education. Notable strengths include effective early years education, strong relationships with parents, and consistent behaviour management. While pupils typically achieve well, particularly in mathematics, there are areas for further improvement, especially concerning reading outcomes and attendance for some disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs. Leaders are actively taking steps to address these concerns.

Strengths

• Effective early years education with supportive learning environments.
• Children in early years quickly become independent and articulate learners.
• Pupils generally achieve well, particularly in mathematics.
• High expectations of behaviour and a supportive culture.
• Strong partnerships with parents and carers.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent adaptation of learning for pupils with special educational needs.
• Some disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs are frequently absent.

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 Middleton Cheney Primary Academy attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.7% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Middleton Cheney Primary Academy 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 Middleton Cheney Primary Academy had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.5% 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, 17.4% of pupils at Middleton Cheney Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 2024–25 Middleton Cheney Primary Academy received £5,552 and spent £5,720 for each of its 348 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £356,000 (£1,022 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Prime7 Mat, income was £7,080 and spending £7,030 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Middleton Cheney Primary Academy is part of Prime7 Mat, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Kings Sutton Primary Academy Banbury
• Chipping Warden Primary Academy Banbury

What is Middleton Cheney Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Middleton Cheney Primary Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Middleton Cheney Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Middleton Cheney Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Middleton Cheney Primary Academy have?

Middleton Cheney Primary Academy has 322 pupils on roll.

What age range does Middleton Cheney Primary Academy cover?

Middleton Cheney Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Middleton Cheney Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Middleton Cheney Primary Academy?

Middleton Cheney Primary Academy is at Main Road, Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2PD.