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Wolvercote Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 338 pupils Oxford
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Wolvercote Primary School is an academy converter in Oxford for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 338 pupils on roll. In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address First Turn
Wolvercote
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 8AQ
Phone 01865558301
Reference Number 142384

General Makeup

Number of pupils 338
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.7%
Girls: 50.3%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 10.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 15.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 22.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 19 21 40
2 18 28 46
3 23 22 45
4 20 25 45
5 26 20 46
6 23 23 46

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 50.6%
White, Other 16.6%
Mixed, Other 6.5%
White & Asian 5.6%
African 3.6%
Chinese 3.3%
White & Black (African) 3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.7%
Pakistani 2.4%
Asian, Other 1.8%
Unclassified 1.2%
Indian 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 12 Mar 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
12 Mar 2024 School inspection
25 Sep 2018 Short inspection
10 Nov 2015 Academy conversion letter
11 Dec 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Wolvercote Primary School
20 Mar 2012 Curriculum and development visit
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
21 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
26 Jan 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 86%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9%

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 108
Maths 105

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 2.6
Writing 1.4
Maths -0.5

How many students meet the standards

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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.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 29 0
Third Preference 14 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Wolvercote Primary School had 307 pupils for 315 places. 8 places (2.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Oxford North Primary” planning area

Oxfordshire counted 147 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 171 in 2029–30, up 16%.

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 315315315315315315315315315
Pupils 262276264280309313313312307
Unfilled 16.8%12.4%16.2%11.1%1.9%0.6%0.6%1.0%2.5%

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 Wolvercote Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.2%3.1%3.1%2.1%5.3%3.8%3.8%3.7%
Unauthorised absence 0.7%0.7%0.5%0.3%0.8%0.6%0.7%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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, 0.3% of pupils at Wolvercote Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.72.71.31.50.30.61.20.3
Permanent exclusions 0000000000

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 Wolvercote Primary School had 19.0 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

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.511.210.311.011.410.810.99.89.19.79.5
Teachers who left state teaching 11.9%13.0%13.5%4.5%4.5%6.7%7.4%7.1%16.7%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 0.0%30.0%61.1%52.9%–31.3%73.3%55.6%68.8%68.4%–
Sick days per teacher 0.03.22.72.7–0.84.35.31.91.7–

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, 21.0% of pupils at Wolvercote Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 41 9
Social, emotional and mental health 14 3
No specialist assessment of need 7 0
Physical disability 3 1
Specific learning difficulty 2 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Hearing impairment 2 0
Moderate learning difficulty 0 1
Other difficulty or disability 1 0

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 Wolvercote Primary School received £7,169 and spent £7,095 for each of its 331 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £158,000 (£479 per pupil).

Across all 30 schools of River Learning Trust, income was £8,007 and spending £7,763 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £31,000£61,000£105,000£122,000£143,000£129,000£158,000
per pupil £106£203£329£375£434£393£479
In-year balance £37,000£25,000-£197,000£96,000£8,000-£21,000£24,000
per pupil £128£81-£620£294£25-£65£74

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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2.02 miles
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2.66 miles
North Hinksey Church of England Primary School
North Hinksey Lane, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0LZ
2.66 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford
Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7SX
2.67 miles
St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Cassington
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2.7 miles
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1.15 miles
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1.49 miles
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1.56 miles
The Swan School
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How many pupils does Wolvercote Primary School have?

Wolvercote Primary School has 338 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wolvercote Primary School cover?

Wolvercote Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wolvercote Primary School?

Wolvercote Primary School is at First Turn, Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 8AQ.

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