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Glory Farm Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Hendon Place, Sunderland Drive, Bicester OX26 4YJ · gloryfarmschool.co.uk · 01869 244050
On the mapSearch near OX26 4YJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- 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
- 331
- 76% of 435 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14%
- First language not English
- 22.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Acer Trust
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, 39 families put the school first and 39 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 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 47 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Glory Farm Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 21 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Good
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 Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 54
- 17% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (22%) with SEND