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Dorchester St Birinus Church of England School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary controlled
Queen Street, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HR · st-birinus-pri.oxon.sch.uk · 01865 340081
On the mapSearch near OX10 7HR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Some aspects not as strong
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 38%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 76
- 72% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 6.6%
- First language not English
- 7.9%
- 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, 9 families put the school first and 9 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 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 8 | 5 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 38% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼38% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼97 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 1 April 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Dorchester St Birinus Church of England School was: Some aspects not as strong.
- Outcome
- Some aspects not as strong
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 22
- 29% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied