New Marston Primary School

OxfordshireAcademy sponsor led

New Marston Primary School, Copse Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0AY

Headteacher: Mr Bruce WilsonSchool website ↗Pupils: 283 (capacity: 330)Part of RIVER LEARNING TRUST
Ofsted Good
Inspected October 2019
Oversubscribed
94% of first-choice applicants offered a place
68%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected October 2019
94%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 8 October 2019Full report ↗

Good

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

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

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.
68.0%
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%.
9.0%
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 70%·Writing 73%·Maths 75%All three 68%
Reading
Expected70%
Exceeding32%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected73%
Exceeding16%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected75%
Exceeding25%
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?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
32
How many got their first choice?
30of 32 (93.8%)
How many applied in total?
113

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
20.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
50.0%
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).
25.0%
Boys and girls
54%girls·46%boys
154 girls, 129 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 78% (2023/24), currently 68%

* 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
2015/1613.0%0.0%-3.2-13.5-2.4
2016/17-----
2017/1874.0%5.0%+2.3-1.2+5.5
2018/1971.0%12.0%+2.8+1.2+4.7
2022/2357.0%4.0%-2.3+2.7-0.1
2023/2478.0%11.0%---
2024/2568.0%9.0%---