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Middle Barton Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
27 Church Lane, Middle Barton, Chipping Norton OX7 7BX · middlebartonschool.org · 01869 340522
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Oxfordshire 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 106
- 61% of 175 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.3%
- First language not English
- 2.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- River Learning Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 14 families put the school first and 15 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 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% 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 | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123005)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Middle Barton Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 8 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123005), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123005)
Nov 2011Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123005)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 37
- 31% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied