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Hill View Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 495 pupils Banbury
Ofsted: Expected standard
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Hill View Primary School is an academy converter in Banbury for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 495 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Hill View Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026. In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: September 2026. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Hill View Crescent
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 1DN
Phone 01295251205
Reference Number 145094

General Makeup

Number of pupils 495
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.34%
Girls: 45.66%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 27.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 28.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 26 34 60
2 30 34 64
3 54 31 85
4 28 32 60
5 32 24 56
6 52 32 84

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 55.6%
White, Other 14.7%
Pakistani 7.9%
Indian 4.2%
Mixed, Other 3.2%
White & Asian 2.8%
African 2.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.6%
Unclassified 1.4%
Asian, Other 1.4%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
Chinese 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating Expected standard
 >  Leadership & Governance Expected standard
 >  Personal Development & Wellbeing Strong standard
 >  Achievement Expected standard
 >  Attendance & Behaviour Expected standard
 >  Curriculum & Teaching Expected standard
 >  Inclusion Strong standard
 >  Early Years Expected standard
Last Report Date 30 Jun 2026
Date Report
30 Jun 2026 School inspection
11 Jan 2022 School inspection
04 Oct 2017 Academy conversion letter
13 Feb 2014 Full inspection:
Previously as Hill View Primary School
07 Mar 2012 Full inspection:
11 Nov 2008 Full inspection:
05 Oct 2005 Full inspection:
06 Mar 2000 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 56%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7%

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 103
Maths 103

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 -2.8
Writing -1.9
Maths 0.8

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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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 27 2
Third Preference 20 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Hill View Primary School had 476 pupils for 630 places. 154 places (24.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Banbury West Primary” planning area

Oxfordshire counted 237 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 232 in 2029–30, down 2%.

2018201920212022202320242025
Places 630630630630630630630
Pupils 494495470465477486476
Unfilled 21.6%21.4%25.4%26.2%24.3%22.9%24.4%

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 Hill View Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.3%3.5%2.9%6.4%6.1%5.8%5.4%
Unauthorised absence 0.8%0.8%0.8%1.4%1.1%1.2%1.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.2%0.7%1.9%3.3%0.7%2.3%

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 Hill View Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.41.12.01.21.82.03.31.6
Permanent exclusions 00100000

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 Hill View Primary School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.16.613.913.811.511.311.910.810.3
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%16.6%3.6%7.9%7.7%4.1%14.1%8.8%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 29.3%0.0%–59.3%79.2%80.0%72.7%56.0%–
Sick days per teacher 1.10.0–3.05.53.97.02.4–

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, 21.2% of pupils at Hill View Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.9% 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 40 4
Social, emotional and mental health 35 7
Autistic spectrum disorder 13 14
Moderate learning difficulty 14 1
Physical disability 0 2
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 0
Severe learning difficulty 0 1

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 Hill View Primary School received £6,887 and spent £6,817 for each of its 503 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £449,000 (£894 per pupil).

Across all 93 schools of United Learning Trust, income was £8,687 and spending £8,616 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £66,000£166,000£299,000£387,000£420,000£416,000£449,000
per pupil £126£340£605£806£861£817£894
In-year balance -£146,000-£145,000-£243,000-£323,000-£107,000-£84,000£35,000
per pupil -£278-£297-£491-£674-£220-£164£70

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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1.52 miles
The Grange Community Primary School
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1.65 miles
St John's Catholic Primary School
Avocet Way, Chatsworth Drive, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9YA
1.65 miles
Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School
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Wroxton Church of England Primary School
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2.01 miles
Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School
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2.19 miles
Longford Park Primary School
Longford Park Road, Bodicote, Longford Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 4FU
2.46 miles
Cropredy Church of England Primary School
Station Road, Cropredy, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 1PU
3.23 miles
Middleton Cheney Primary Academy
Main Road, Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2PD
3.46 miles
Name Distance
North Oxfordshire Academy
Drayton Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 0UD
0.61 miles
Frank Wise School
Hornbeam Close, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9RL
0.75 miles
English Language Training
49 Oxford Road, Banbury, OX16 9AH
1.1 miles
Futures Institute Banbury
Ruskin Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9HY
1.37 miles
Wykham Park
Ruskin Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9HY
1.41 miles
Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form
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Tudor Hall School
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2.1 miles
Bloxham Grove Academy
Bloxham Grove Road, Banbury, OX15 4UL
2.9 miles
The Warriner School
Banbury Road, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 4LJ
2.96 miles
Bloxham School
Bloxham, Banbury, OX15 4PE
3.31 miles
Chenderit School
Archery Road, Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2QR
3.69 miles
Swalcliffe Park School CIO
Swalcliffe, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5EP
4.66 miles

All schools in Banbury · Oxfordshire local authority: places and applications

Hill View Primary School is part of United Learning Trust, which runs 98 schools. The nearest others:

What is Hill View Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hill View Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Hill View Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hill View Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Hill View Primary School have?

Hill View Primary School has 495 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hill View Primary School cover?

Hill View Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hill View Primary School?

Hill View Primary School is at Hill View Crescent, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 1DN.

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