Windmill Primary School

OxfordshireCommunity school

Margaret Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8NG

Headteacher: Mrs Lynn KnappSchool website ↗Pupils: 628 (capacity: 630)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected January 2025
Oversubscribed
76% of first-choice applicants offered a place
58%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected January 2025
76%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 21 January 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Outstanding

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
58.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
7.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 74%·Writing 65%·Maths 74%All three 58%
Reading
Expected74%
Exceeding44%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected65%
Exceeding10%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected74%
Exceeding30%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
89
How many families wanted this school first?
113
How many got their first choice?
86of 113 (76.1%)
How many applied in total?
236

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
10.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
30.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
22.0%
Boys and girls
48%girls·52%boys
301 girls, 327 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 65% (2017/18), currently 58%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1653.0%4.0%+1.1-3.7-0.1
2016/1757.0%15.0%+1.3-3.3+0.6
2017/1865.0%9.0%+0.3-1.4+0.7
2018/1965.0%14.0%+1.5-1.2+2.1
2022/2360.0%7.0%+1.6-1.6+1.4
2023/2465.0%3.0%---
2024/2558.0%7.0%---
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