St Frideswide Church of England Primary School

St Frideswide Church of England Primary School has demonstrated a good overall performance with notable strengths in personal development. Pupils thrive in a nurturing environment that emphasizes kindness, respect, and support, ensuring that they feel valued and safe. The school's ambitious curriculum enables pupils to gain a wide array of knowledge and skills, fostering engagement and motivation for learning. However, there are challenges, particularly in attendance, where a significant number of pupils, especially those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), do not attend regularly enough, which may hinder their learning progress.

Strengths

• Pupils are engaged and motivated to learn in a nurturing environment.
• Personal development programs are exceptionally well planned and executed.
• Teachers deliver the curriculum effectively with strong subject knowledge.
• Support for pupils with SEND is well-coordinated and effective.
• The school emphasizes high standards of behavior and respect among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have gaps in their understanding due to historical curriculum weaknesses.
• Attendance remains a concern, with too many pupils missing school regularly.

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 St Frideswide Church of England Primary School attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.5% 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, 2.9% of pupils at St Frideswide Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 St Frideswide Church of England Primary School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.6% 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, 23.3% of pupils at St Frideswide Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.5% 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 St Frideswide Church of England Primary School received £7,824 and spent £7,849 for each of its 331 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £239,000 (£722 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

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 Oxford · Oxfordshire local authority: places and applications

St Frideswide Church of England Primary School is part of Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, which runs 46 schools. The nearest others:

• St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley Oxford
• Tyndale Community School Oxford
• St Francis Church of England Primary School Oxford
• John Henry Newman Academy Oxford
• North Hinksey Church of England Primary School Oxford
• Wheatley Church of England Primary School Oxford
• Dr South's Church of England Primary School Kidlington
• St Laurence Church of England School Wallingford
• Benson Church of England Primary School Wallingford
• Northbourne Church of England Primary School Didcot

What is St Frideswide Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Frideswide Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was St Frideswide Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Frideswide Church of England Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does St Frideswide Church of England Primary School have?

St Frideswide Church of England Primary School has 330 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Frideswide Church of England Primary School cover?

St Frideswide Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Frideswide Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Frideswide Church of England Primary School?

St Frideswide Church of England Primary School is at Cricket Road, Oxford, OX4 3DJ.