St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School

About St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School

St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School in Oxford holds a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in 2015, and an ungraded inspection in June 2024 confirmed the school remains Good. The single most telling exam metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which stands at 62%. That figure is almost exactly in line with the Oxfordshire local authority average of 61%, placing St Ebbe's in the middle of the pack nationally — 52.7th percentile — and 16th out of 31 primary schools in Oxford. The school’s ranking score of 62 puts it in the bottom half of schools nationally, but the context matters: this is a school serving a diverse urban intake, with 12.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals, and its results reflect solid, not spectacular, academic outcomes.

Digging deeper into the Key Stage 2 results from 2023/24, St Ebbe's shows particular strength in reading. The average reading score was 108, and 38% of pupils achieved the higher standard in reading — a strong showing. In writing, 38% also reached the higher standard, while in maths the higher standard figure was 13%, with an average maths score of 104. The proportion of pupils meeting the expected standard in individual subjects was 79% in reading, 72% in writing, and 77% in maths. The school does not publish progress scores for reading, writing or maths, so it is not possible to compare how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points. Compared with its previous Ofsted inspection in 2013, when the school was rated Requires Improvement, the trajectory is clearly upward, with leadership and management now judged Good and early years provision also Good.

St Ebbe's is a Church of England primary school for children aged 4 to 11, with 256 pupils on roll against a capacity of 300. It is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 60 applications for 29 places, with 27 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.07. The school offers a wide range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, playing fields, music rooms, art studios, a library, a chapel, a sensory room and a Forest School. Sports include tennis, gymnastics, rounders, dance and cross country, and clubs range from science and coding to chess, choir and art club. SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability and social, emotional and mental health needs. This is a good-fit school for families who want a well-resourced, inclusive primary with a Christian character and solid, broadly average outcomes in a central Oxford setting.

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