Longfields Primary and Nursery School | Primary in Bicester, Cherwell | Ofsted & DfE

47%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

390

Pupils · 2024/25

28%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

47%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

390

Pupils · 2024/25

28%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

47%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

390

Pupils · 2024/25

28%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 17/02/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityOxfordshire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio20.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Longfields Primary and Nursery School · Primary · Oxfordshire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

47%

+14pp

70%51%32%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 47%

RWM higher standard

+3pp

5%3%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

69%

Reading higher standard

28%

Writing expected standard

53%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

60%

Maths higher standard

19%

Science expected standard

74%

SPAG expected standard

67%

SPAG higher standard

34%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

101.0

GPS scaled score

105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

390

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

28%

FSM eligible

21%

SEN

20%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

13%

Contact

Address

Longfields, Bicester, OX26 6QL

Local authority

Oxfordshire

Website

https://longfields-primary.org/

Telephone

01869252386

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	47%	3%	69%	28%	53%	3%	60%	19%	74%	67%	104.0	101.0	105.0	—	—	—	20%	390
2023/24	33%	0%	65%	20%	49%	0%	49%	8%	90%	61%	103.0	101.0	102.0	—	—	—	17%	388
2022/23	32%	5%	56%	17%	64%	12%	41%	7%	88%	49%	101.0	98.0	100.0	-4.40	-1.60	-6.30	12%	396
2018/19	47%	0%	82%	31%	91%	13%	51%	2%	100%	71%	106.0	100.0	104.0	+0.90	+0.20	-5.70	10%	368
2017/18	70%	2%	87%	28%	80%	7%	76%	4%	98%	80%	105.0	102.0	105.0	+0.90	-0.40	-1.60	11%	360
2016/17	90%	10%	100%	36%	95%	24%	90%	14%	90%	100%	109.0	105.0	108.0	+5.40	+3.30	+1.30	11%	348

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	390	20.8	20%	28%	21%	5%	13%
2023/24	388	18.8	17%	25%	22%	6%	17%
2022/23	396	19.0	12%	26%	24%	6%	14%
2021/22	399	20.8	11%	23%	23%	7%	23%
2020/21	396	20.6	10%	21%	19%	—	—
2018/19	368	21.7	10%	22%	17%	4%	10%
2017/18	360	25.5	11%	19%	15%	4%	7%
2016/17	348	20.5	11%	16%	17%	4%	9%