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Didcot Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Chestnut Drive, Great Western Park, Didcot OX11 6DP · didcotprimaryacademy.org.uk · 01235 606012
On the mapSearch near OX11 6DP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Oxfordshire 62%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.37 mi
- 0.60 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · d): d) Any other children · Oxfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 451
- 5 over 446 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 9.3%
- First language not English
- 31.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Omnia Learning Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “d): d) Any other children” went to a home 0.37 mi (600 m) from the school. Source: Oxfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 83 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 67% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 58 | 83 | 1.4▲ | 67% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 78 | 1.3▲ | 68% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 81 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 72 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 100 | 1.7▲ | 59% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – d): d) Any other children | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.37 mi0.60 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 20% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲20% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▲110 | 105 | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Didcot Primary Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (85 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 85
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (22%) with SEND