Didcot Primary Academy

About Didcot Primary Academy

Didcot Primary Academy is a state primary school in the Vale of White Horse that is genuinely popular with local families. With 456 pupils on roll against a capacity of 446, the school is effectively full, and the demand is striking: for 60 places in the 2025/26 intake, the school received 235 applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.92. Of those, 78 were first-preference applications, and only 53 first-preference offers were made. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals sits at 11.4%, which is worth noting in context — it suggests a broadly mixed intake, though without the local authority average for comparison it is hard to say exactly how this compares. The school is non-religious and co-educational, taking children from age 3 with its nursery provision, and is led by headteacher Alison Ashcroft. It is one of 13 schools in the local authority rated Outstanding by Ofsted, and the nearest other Outstanding primary is Aureus Primary School, just 0.6 km away.

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