New Marston Primary School

New Marston Primary School has newly completed its first inspection and is performing well, achieving an overall effectiveness rating of 'Good'. The school fosters a warm and welcoming environment where pupils are enthusiastic about learning and well-supported in their personal development. The curriculum is ambitious and engaging, providing pupils with enjoyable learning experiences, including a variety of extracurricular activities that contribute to their holistic development.

Strengths

• A supportive and inclusive learning environment
• High expectations from teachers encouraging student success
• Strong emphasis on early reading and phonics
• Effective early years provision with engaging activities
• Good behaviour and positive student attitudes
• Robust safeguarding measures ensuring student safety

Areas for Improvement

• Opportunities for applying reading comprehension skills across subjects need improvement
• Teaching does not always build effectively on prior knowledge 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 New Marston Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.0% 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, 1.1% of pupils at New Marston 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 New Marston Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.5% 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, 16.0% of pupils at New Marston Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% 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 New Marston Primary School received £7,496 and spent £7,676 for each of its 275 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £5,000 (-£19 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

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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New Marston Primary School is part of River Learning Trust, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

• The Swan School Oxford
• Barton Park Primary School Oxford
• Cheney School Oxford
• The Cherwell School Oxford
• Bayards Hill School Oxford
• Cutteslowe Primary School Oxford
• Sandhills Community Primary School Oxford
• Larkrise Primary School Oxford
• Wolvercote Primary School Oxford
• Beckley Church of England Primary School Oxford

What is New Marston Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for New Marston Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was New Marston Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

New Marston Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does New Marston Primary School have?

New Marston Primary School has 256 pupils on roll.

What age range does New Marston Primary School cover?

New Marston Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is New Marston Primary School?

New Marston Primary School is at New Marston Primary School, Copse Lane, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0AY.