Watlington Primary School

About Watlington Primary School

Watlington Primary School sits in the bottom half of Oxfordshire primary schools when it comes to the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, with 55% achieving that benchmark against a local authority average of 61%. That gap is worth noting, but it’s not the whole story. The school’s average scores in reading (104) and maths (105) are both above the national baseline of 100, suggesting that while fewer children than the county average are hitting the combined expected threshold, those who do are performing solidly. The school ranks 139th out of 242 primaries in Oxfordshire and sits in the bottom 50% nationally. However, the most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024 judged behaviour and attitudes, as well as early years provision, as Outstanding, and the school has held a Good rating overall across its recent inspections. That’s a more nuanced picture than the headline ranking alone suggests.

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