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Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Bradstocks Way, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon OX14 4DA · sutton-courtenay.school · 01235 848333
On the mapSearch near OX14 4DA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 52%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 187
- 89% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.8%
- First language not English
- 14.4%
- 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, 16 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 | 16 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 17 | 14 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 24 | 21 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▼52% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123162)
Ofsted
Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 21 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 21 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123162), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123162)
Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123162)
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (83 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 83
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (25%) with SEND