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Manor Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Lydalls Close, Didcot OX11 7LB · manorprimaryschool.org · 01235 812762
On the mapSearch near OX11 7LB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 53%
- 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
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 318
- 82% of 390 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29.2%
- First language not English
- 17.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Glf Schools
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, 15 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 15 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 33 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 14 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 52 | 32 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% 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 | |||
| ▼53% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 139755)
Ofsted
Manor Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Oct 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 139755), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139755)
Mar 2016Requires 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 Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139755)
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139755)
What parents said
56% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (118 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 56%
- Replies
- 118
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (22%) with SEND