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Madley Brook Community Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 221 pupils Witney
Ofsted: Good
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Madley Brook Community Primary School is an academy converter in Witney for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 221 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Madley Brook Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2017 of its predecessor, Madley Brook Community Primary School. In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: September 2022. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address At the Bronze Barrow
Cedar Drive
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 1AR
Phone 01993862976
Reference Number 145648

General Makeup

Number of pupils 221
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.77%
Girls: 50.23%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 8.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 13 29
2 17 12 29
3 14 14 28
4 15 15 30
5 11 20 31
6 16 15 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 76%
White, Other 7.7%
African 3.2%
Mixed, Other 3.2%
Asian, Other 2.3%
White & Asian 1.4%
Chinese 0.9%
Indian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Madley Brook Community Primary School, inspected in July 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 05 Jul 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
05 Jul 2022 School inspection
05 Apr 2018 Academy conversion letter
12 Jul 2017 Short inspection
Previously as Madley Brook Community Primary School
06 Nov 2013 Full inspection:
17 Jan 2012 Full inspection:
02 Oct 2008 Full inspection:
09 Nov 2005 Full inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 65%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 12%

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 107
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 -0.4
Writing -0.8
Maths -1.6

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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 13 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Madley Brook Community Primary School had 221 pupils for 315 places. 94 places (29.8%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Witney North Primary” planning area

Oxfordshire counted 144 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 125 in 2029–30, down 13%.

2018201920212022202320242025
Places 315315315315315315315
Pupils 306303280272256237221
Unfilled 2.9%3.8%11.1%13.7%18.7%24.8%29.8%

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 Madley Brook Community Primary School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.7%1.9%6.1%4.6%3.7%2.6%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.4%0.7%0.8%0.7%0.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.4%0.0%1.2%0.0%0.9%0.5%

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, 0.4% of pupils at Madley Brook Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.01.10.00.4
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 Madley Brook Community Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.912.111.311.010.610.710.311.2
Teachers who left state teaching 4.7%18.4%15.4%8.0%17.9%13.9%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 10.5%–22.2%57.1%0.0%78.6%56.3%–
Sick days per teacher 0.2–0.31.90.01.43.0–

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, 14.9% of pupils at Madley Brook Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 15 3
Speech, language and communication needs 6 4
Social, emotional and mental health 6 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 2
Specific learning difficulty 4 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 Madley Brook Community Primary School received £6,907 and spent £6,558 for each of its 231 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £255,000 (£1,108 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£60,000£104,000£151,000£163,000£171,000£255,000
per pupil £94£199£359£527£622£679£1,108
In-year balance -£11,000£34,000-£153,000£98,000£5,000£6,000£81,000
per pupil -£35£110-£528£342£19£24£350

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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Hailey Church of England Primary School
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney
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1.74 miles
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1.89 miles
Ducklington Primary School
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2.04 miles
Windrush Church of England Primary School
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2.42 miles
Freeland Church of England Primary School
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3.09 miles
St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School
Wenrisc Drive, Minster Lovell, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 0SP
3.44 miles
Finstock Church of England Primary School
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3.65 miles
Hanborough Manor CofE School
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3.91 miles
Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School
Main Road, Stanton Harcourt, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 5RJ
4.13 miles
Eynsham Community Primary School
Beech Road, Eynsham, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 4LJ
4.15 miles
Combe CofE Primary School
Church Walk, Combe, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 8NQ
4.26 miles
Leafield Church of England Primary School
The Green, Leafield, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 9NP
4.36 miles
Name Distance
Springfield School
At the Bronze Barrow, Cedar Drive, Cedar Drive, Madley Park, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1AR
0 miles
Wood Green School
Woodstock Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1DX
0.15 miles
The King's School
New Yatt Road, Witney, OX29 6TA
0.48 miles
The Henry Box School
Church Green, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 4AX
1.16 miles
Cokethorpe School
Cokethorpe Park, Witney, OX29 7PU
2.74 miles
Bartholomew School
Witney Road, Eynsham, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 4AP
3.76 miles

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Madley Brook Community Primary School is part of River Learning Trust, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

What is Madley Brook Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Madley Brook Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2017 of its predecessor, Madley Brook Community Primary School.

When was Madley Brook Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Madley Brook Community Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Madley Brook Community Primary School have?

Madley Brook Community Primary School has 221 pupils on roll.

What age range does Madley Brook Community Primary School cover?

Madley Brook Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Madley Brook Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Madley Brook Community Primary School?

Madley Brook Community Primary School is at At the Bronze Barrow, Cedar Drive, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1AR.

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