Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School

Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School has demonstrated good overall effectiveness, with notable strengths in behavior and attitudes as well as personal development, both of which were rated as outstanding. The school fosters a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils feel valued, safe, and encouraged to participate in various extracurricular activities. Staff are dedicated to nurturing student talents and ensuring pupils, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds or with special educational needs, receive excellent opportunities to thrive academically and socially.

Strengths

• Pupils display exceptional behavior and positive attitudes toward their education.
• The curriculum is ambitious and sequenced well, promoting strong subject knowledge.
• Staff effectively support pupils' reading development, resulting in high achievements in phonics.
• Strong engagement with parents and a proud, collaborative staff community.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in subject knowledge among some staff lead to gaps in pupils' understanding.

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 Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Sibford Gower Endowed 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 Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School had 16.6 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, 10.8% of pupils at Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% 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 Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School received £8,967 and spent £9,029 for each of its 94 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £35,000 (£379 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Warriner Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,606 and spending £7,564 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 Banbury · Oxfordshire local authority: places and applications

Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School is part of The Warriner Multi Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School Banbury
• The Warriner School Banbury
• Hornton Primary School Banbury
• Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School Banbury
• Farthinghoe Primary School Brackley
• The Priors School Southam
• Finmere Church of England Primary School Buckingham
• Graven Hill Primary School Ambrosden
• Grendon Underwood School Aylesbury

What is Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School have?

Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School has 93 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School cover?

Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School?

Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School is at Acre Ditch, Sibford Gower, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5RW.