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Thameside Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Cotman Close, Abingdon OX14 5NL · thameside.oxon.sch.uk · 01235 527600
On the mapSearch near OX14 5NL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 48%
- 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
- 205
- 98% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35.1%
- First language not English
- 22%
- 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, 20 families put the school first and 20 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 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 26 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ▼48% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123083)
Ofsted
Thameside Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 40
- 21% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (53%) with SEND