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King's Meadow Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Shakespeare Drive, Bicester OX26 2LU · kings-meadow.oxon.sch.uk · 01869 323525
On the mapSearch near OX26 2LU
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Oxfordshire 62%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Oxfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 443
- 97% of 455 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.2%
- First language not English
- 16.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Oxfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 43 families put the school first and 51 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 51 | 43 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 51 | 40 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 56 | 0.9 | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 80 | 1.3▲ | 71% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 61 | 77 | 1.3▲ | 75% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Oxfordshire it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for King's Meadow Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 86
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (21%) with SEND