Oxon CofE Primary School

About Oxon CofE Primary School

Oxon CofE Primary School has been judged Outstanding by Ofsted, a rating it has held across both its most recent graded inspection in 2016 and an ungraded inspection in 2023 that confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school’s leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all received the top grade. On the academic front, the most telling metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined: 78% of Year 6 pupils achieved this benchmark in the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments. That figure is significantly higher than the Shropshire local authority average of 59%, placing the school seventh out of 88 primary schools in the county and in the top 25% nationally. It is one of only seven state primary schools in Shropshire currently rated Outstanding.

Digging deeper into the exam results, Oxon’s pupils performed particularly strongly in reading, where 88% met the expected standard and 60% reached the higher standard. In maths, 85% hit the expected mark and 45% achieved the higher standard, while in writing 82% met expectations and 30% reached the higher level. The average scaled scores were 109 in reading and 107 in maths, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. The school’s overall ranking score of 78 reflects this consistent strength across the three core subjects. Compared with its previous inspection in 2011, when it was rated Good, the school has clearly improved its academic outcomes and overall effectiveness, moving from a Good to an Outstanding rating in the 2016 graded inspection and maintaining that standard since.

The school is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 135 applications for 57 places, with 52 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.37. It serves a mixed-gender, Church of England cohort of 427 pupils, slightly above its capacity of 420, with a relatively low proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 6.3%. Facilities include music rooms, art studios, a sensory room, a chapel, playing fields, a gymnasium, and an ICT suite. Sports on offer include gymnastics, swimming, athletics, and dance, while clubs range from gardening to chess and film club. The school’s SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder, and social, emotional and mental health support. This is a strong choice for families in Shropshire seeking a high-performing primary with a Christian character and a broad range of facilities.

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