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Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 260 pupils Banbury
Ofsted: Good
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Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Banbury for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 260 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2018 of its predecessor, Christopher Rawlins Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 27.3 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: September 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Aynho Road
Adderbury
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX17 3NH
Phone 01295810497
Reference Number 147716

General Makeup

Number of pupils 260
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55%
Girls: 45%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 7.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 16 33
2 15 11 26
3 13 16 29
4 18 16 34
5 20 18 38
6 27 17 44

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83.8%
White, Other 5.4%
Mixed, Other 3.1%
Unclassified 2.3%
Asian, Other 1.5%
White & Asian 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
African 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Irish 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Christopher Rawlins Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, inspected in March 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 10 Jul 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
10 Jul 2024 School inspection
07 Feb 2020 Academy conversion letter
14 Mar 2018 Short inspection
Previously as Christopher Rawlins Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
18 Sep 2014 Full inspection:
02 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
03 Mar 2008 Full inspection:
15 Sep 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 58%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

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 106
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 1.3
Writing -4.9
Maths -1.9

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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 21 1
Third Preference 15 0
From another Local Authority 5 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School had 240 pupils for 315 places. 75 places (23.8%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Bloxham East Primary” planning area

Oxfordshire counted 128 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 120 in 2029–30, down 6%.

20212022202320242025
Places 315315315315315
Pupils 240241245244240
Unfilled 23.8%23.5%22.2%22.5%23.8%

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 Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.0%6.5%4.4%3.6%4.1%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%1.0%0.8%1.1%0.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%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, 2.7% of pupils at Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.40.02.61.50.83.1
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School had 27.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.613.912.713.312.513.0
Teachers who left state teaching 20.6%14.0%7.3%0.0%10.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 20.0%85.7%86.7%81.8%45.5%–
Sick days per teacher 1.55.14.26.91.1–

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, 19.6% of pupils at Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 24 0
Speech, language and communication needs 10 4
Social, emotional and mental health 11 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 8
Other difficulty or disability 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 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 Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School received £6,134 and spent £5,897 for each of its 260 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £195,000 (£752 per pupil).

Across all 45 schools of Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, income was £7,225 and spending £7,175 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £24,000£50,000£118,000£126,000£195,000
per pupil £93£187£455£487£752
In-year balance £30,000£96,000£65,000£1,000£61,000
per pupil £113£360£249£3£237

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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What is Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2018 of its predecessor, Christopher Rawlins Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School.

When was Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School have?

Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School has 260 pupils on roll.

What age range does Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School cover?

Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School?

Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School is at Aynho Road, Adderbury, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NH.

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