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Windmill Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school

Margaret Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 8NG · windmill.oxon.sch.uk · 01865 762509

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
Key stage 2, 2024/25
58%
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
0.9
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
623
99% of 630 places
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
6.7%
First language not English
31.9%
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, 75 families put the school first and 79 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 124 (Places 90)124September 2023: 122 (Places 89)122September 2024: 90 (Places 90)90September 2025: 113 (Places 89)113September 2026: 75 (Places 79)75Places 79
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202679750.9100%
September 2025Sept 2025891131.3▲76%
September 2024Sept 20249090187%
September 2023Sept 2023891221.4▲70%
September 2022Sept 2022901241.4▲70%

Results

In 2024/25, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Oxfordshire it was 62%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 53% (England 53%)53%2016/17: 57% (England 61%)57%2017/18: 65% (England 64%)65%2018/19: 65% (England 65%)65%2022/23: 60% (England 60%)60%2023/24: 65% (England 61%)65%2024/25: 58% (England 62%)58%England 62%

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Windmill Primary School on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
21 Jan 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early yearsOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2015

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2015Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsOutstanding
  • Mar 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

What parents said

95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (283 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
95%
Replies
283
45% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲95% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●85% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲94% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲97% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲95% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲91% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲88% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 73% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲58% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 36% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●69% agreeEngland 67%

based on 54 parents (19%) with SEND

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