Cherry Fields Primary School

Cherry Fields Primary School is performing exceptionally well overall, achieving outstanding ratings across all inspected areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school's inclusive ethos is evident, with strong relationships and effective support for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The school has a clear ambition to foster a love of learning, especially through its well-structured phonics and mathematics programs that link various subjects together meaningfully.

Strengths

• High-quality education across all domains
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes from pupils
• Strong focus on personal development and inclusivity
• Effective support for SEND pupils enabling them to achieve highly
• Meticulously planned and sequenced curriculum
• Strong relationships among pupils, parents, and staff
• Rich cultural experiences for pupils

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 Cherry Fields Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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, 3.5% of pupils at Cherry Fields 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 Cherry Fields Primary School had 19.7 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

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, 13.9% of pupils at Cherry Fields Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 8 pupils.

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 Cherry Fields Primary School received £7,615 and spent £7,548 for each of its 173 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £154,000 (£892 per pupil).

Across all 42 schools of Glf Schools, income was £7,514 and spending £7,514 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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All schools in Banbury · Oxfordshire local authority: places and applications

Cherry Fields Primary School is part of Glf Schools, which runs 43 schools. The nearest others:

• Hardwick Primary School and Nursery Banbury
• William Morris Primary School Banbury
• Longford Park Primary School Banbury
• Manor Primary School Didcot
• Aureus School Didcot
• Aureus Primary School Didcot
• Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre Reading
• Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery Winnersh
• Windmill Primary School and Nursery Wokingham
• Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery Wokingham

What is Cherry Fields Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cherry Fields Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Cherry Fields Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cherry Fields Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Cherry Fields Primary School have?

Cherry Fields Primary School has 201 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cherry Fields Primary School cover?

Cherry Fields Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is Cherry Fields Primary School?

Cherry Fields Primary School is at Wardington Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 2DF.