Oare Church of England Primary School

Oare Church of England Primary School has been rated as good overall, showing effective leadership and a clear commitment to providing a high-quality education. Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes toward their learning, feeling safe and valued in the supportive environment fostered by staff. The school's recent improvements under its current head have led to raised standards, especially in reading, writing, and mathematics, with staff working collaboratively to maintain high expectations for all students.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy coming to school and say everyone cares for each other.
• Behaviour in lessons and at breaktimes is good.
• Teachers prioritize the teaching of reading, leading to confident and fluent readers.
• The school has a broad curriculum which is effectively delivered in mixed-aged classes.
• High-quality artwork displayed shows pupils' understanding in art.
• Well-being of all pupils is prioritized and supported.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers lack subject knowledge, particularly in science and history.
• Curriculum planning and sequencing are not yet coherent in some subjects.

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 Oare Church of England Primary School attended 97.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.3% 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 Oare Church of England 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 Oare Church of England Primary School had 44.0 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, 20.5% of pupils at Oare Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.8% 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 Oare Church of England Primary School received £15,448 and spent £13,542 for each of its 36 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £18,000 (£506 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Excalibur Academies Trust, income was £7,945 and spending £8,027 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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All schools in Marlborough · Wiltshire local authority: places and applications

Oare Church of England Primary School is part of Excalibur Academies Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Easton Royal Academy Pewsey
• St John's Marlborough Marlborough
• Burbage Primary School Marlborough
• St Katharine's CofE Primary School Marlborough
• Ogbourne CofE Primary School Marlborough
• Great Bedwyn Church of England School Marlborough
• John O'Gaunt School Hungerford
• Liden Academy Swindon
• Nythe Primary School Swindon
• Lambourn CofE Primary School Hungerford

What is Oare Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oare Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Oare Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oare Church of England Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Oare Church of England Primary School have?

Oare Church of England Primary School has 44 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oare Church of England Primary School cover?

Oare Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Oare Church of England Primary School?

Oare Church of England Primary School is at Cold Blow, Oare, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 4JL.