St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury | School performance

47%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

225

Pupils · 2024/25

71%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

47%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

225

Pupils · 2024/25

71%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

47%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

225

Pupils · 2024/25

71%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 02/03/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityOxfordshire

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio18.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury · Primary · Oxfordshire

Part ofOXFORD DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19

RWM expected standard

47%

+4pp

47%45%43%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 47%

RWM higher standard

+3pp

4%2%0%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

57%

Reading higher standard

20%

Writing expected standard

57%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

63%

Maths higher standard

17%

Science expected standard

73%

SPAG expected standard

57%

SPAG higher standard

10%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

101.0

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

225

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

71%

FSM eligible

29%

SEN

23%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

20%

Contact

Address

St Mary's C of E Primary School Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 2EG

Local authority

Oxfordshire

Website

https://www.banburystmarysschool.co.uk/

Telephone

01295263026

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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%	57%	20%	57%	7%	63%	17%	73%	57%	103.0	103.0	101.0	—	—	—	23%	225
2023/24	43%	0%	67%	17%	57%	0%	60%	13%	73%	60%	101.0	100.0	101.0	—	—	—	24%	221
2022/23	43%	0%	71%	39%	61%	11%	57%	7%	86%	71%	105.0	100.0	104.0	+5.60	+3.50	+0.50	25%	215
2018/19	46%	4%	63%	17%	58%	8%	58%	4%	71%	63%	100.0	98.0	104.0	-0.40	+0.40	-3.70	27%	191

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	225	21.3	23%	71%	29%	7%	20%
2023/24	221	21.9	24%	58%	32%	6%	22%
2022/23	215	23.1	25%	53%	36%	9%	28%
2021/22	209	45.4	22%	56%	32%	7%	20%
2020/21	205	44.6	24%	54%	27%	—	—
2018/19	191	17.8	27%	44%	18%	4%	7%
2017/18	—	17.2	—	—	—	5%	12%