Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School
Appleton, OX13 5JL · Oxfordshire local authority
What stands out about Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School
- Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 48% of England’s primary schools
- Room to spare: 139 pupils for 196 places
- 9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, June 2022 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (9 of 9)
- Homes in its postcode sector (OX13 5) sold for a median £462,500; Appleton’s is £575,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 62%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 48% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Oxfordshire avg 61%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 109, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Oxfordshire council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Appleton and Oxfordshire, side by side
2023–2025All 229 graded primaries in Oxfordshire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Appleton’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckland Church of England Primary School | A+ | 3% | 91% |
| Shiplake Church of England School | A+ | 3% | 87% |
| Chadlington Church of England Primary School | A+ | 25% | 86% |
| Sunningwell Church of England Primary School | A+ | 15% | 86% |
| Kingham Primary School | A+ | 4% | 84% |
| Wolvercote Primary School | A+ | 10% | 84% |
| The Grange Community Primary School | A+ | 16% | 83% |
| Combe CofE Primary School | A+ | 5% | 83% |
| Eynsham Community Primary School | A+ | 15% | 83% |
| Orchard Fields Community School | A | 39% | 82% |
| Valley Road School | A | 4% | 82% |
| Aureus Primary School | A | 7% | 82% |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Cassington | A | 11% | 82% |
| Freeland Church of England Primary School | A | 4% | 82% |
| Leafield Church of England Primary School | A | 12% | 82% |
| Hornton Primary School | A | 6% | 81% |
| Goring Church of England Aided Primary School | A | 5% | 80% |
| Whitchurch Primary School | A | 7% | 78% |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City | A | 10% | 78% |
| Checkendon Church of England (A) Primary School | A | 5% | 78% |
| Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School | A | 19% | 78% |
| Woodstock Church of England Primary School | A | 8% | 77% |
| Lewknor Church of England Primary School | A | 8% | 77% |
| Rush Common School | A | 5% | 77% |
| North Leigh Church of England School | A | 14% | 77% |
| John Hampden Primary School | A | 11% | 76% |
| Hook Norton Church of England Primary School | A− | 13% | 75% |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington | A− | 5% | 75% |
| Longcot and Fernham Church of England Primary School | A− | 7% | 75% |
| Dr South's Church of England Primary School | A− | 10% | 75% |
| Garsington Church of England Primary School | A− | 12% | 75% |
| North Hinksey Church of England Primary School | A− | 8% | 75% |
| RAF Benson Community Primary School | A− | 1% | 74% |
| Thomas Reade Primary School | A− | 12% | 74% |
| Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School | A− | 8% | 74% |
| Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School | A− | 8% | 74% |
| Dr Radcliffe's Church of England Primary School | A− | 2% | 74% |
| East Oxford Primary School | A− | 23% | 73% |
| Hailey Church of England Primary School | A− | 8% | 73% |
| St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford | A− | 4% | 72% |
| Shenington Church of England Primary School | A− | 6% | 72% |
| Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton | A− | 19% | 72% |
| William Fletcher Primary School | A− | 18% | 71% |
| West Oxford Community Primary School | A− | 7% | 71% |
| Carswell Community Primary School | A− | 12% | 71% |
| Fringford Church of England Primary School | A− | 11% | 71% |
| Didcot Primary Academy | A− | 9% | 71% |
| Queensway School | B+ | 22% | 70% |
| Nettlebed Community School | B+ | 11% | 70% |
| Woodcote Primary School | B+ | 15% | 70% |
| Launton Church of England Primary School | B+ | 5% | 70% |
| Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School | B+ | 8% | 70% |
| Cumnor Church of England School (Voluntary Controlled) | B+ | 5% | 70% |
| Longworth Primary School | B+ | 20% | 70% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford | B+ | 9% | 70% |
| St Amand's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 13% | 70% |
| Hagbourne Church of England Primary School | B+ | 13% | 70% |
| St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School | B+ | 15% | 69% |
| Dashwood Banbury Academy | B+ | 22% | 69% |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney | B+ | 16% | 69% |
| Ladygrove Park Primary School | B+ | 8% | 69% |
| Willowcroft Community School | B+ | 24% | 69% |
| Wantage Church of England Primary School | B+ | 24% | 69% |
| Fir Tree Primary School | B+ | 17% | 69% |
| Fritwell Church of England Primary School | B+ | 7% | 69% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester | B+ | 13% | 69% |
| Great Tew County Primary School | B+ | 2% | 68% |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford | B+ | 12% | 68% |
| St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon | B+ | 17% | 68% |
| Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary School | B+ | 15% | 68% |
| Europa School UK | B+ | 2% | 68% |
| South Moreton Primary School | B+ | 15% | 68% |
| Sonning Common Primary School | B | 20% | 67% |
| St Swithun's CofE Primary School | B | 11% | 67% |
| Kirtlington Church of England Primary School | B | 3% | 67% |
| St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School | B | 15% | 67% |
| St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School | B | 17% | 67% |
| Finstock Church of England Primary School | B | 0% | 67% |
| Mill Lane Community Primary School | B | 8% | 66% |
| Harwell Primary School | B | 15% | 66% |
| Wroxton Church of England Primary School | B | 18% | 66% |
| Horspath Church of England Primary School | B | 6% | 66% |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | B | 12% | 66% |
| Chilton County Primary School | B | 7% | 65% |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore | B | 23% | 65% |
| Millbrook Primary School | B | 16% | 65% |
| Southwold Primary School | B | 13% | 65% |
| New Marston Primary School | B | 20% | 65% |
| Middle Barton Primary School | B | 12% | 65% |
| Windale Primary School | B | 39% | 65% |
| Beckley Church of England Primary School | B | 12% | 65% |
| Watlington Primary School | B | 14% | 65% |
| Heyford Park School | B | 13% | 65% |
| Tetsworth Primary School | B− | 9% | 64% |
| Wood Farm Primary School | B− | 27% | 64% |
| Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | B− | 6% | 64% |
| St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School | B− | 11% | 64% |
| William Morris Primary School | B− | 22% | 64% |
| Hardwick Primary School and Nursery | B− | 21% | 64% |
| Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary School | B− | 14% | 64% |
| North Kidlington Primary School | B− | 14% | 63% |
| Radley Church of England Primary School | B− | 13% | 63% |
| Wychwood Church of England Primary School | B− | 9% | 63% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Henley-on-Thames | B− | 19% | 63% |
| St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School | B− | 15% | 63% |
| Bure Park Primary School | B− | 7% | 63% |
| Cholsey Primary School | B− | 15% | 63% |
| The Batt Church of England Primary School | B− | 13% | 63% |
| Stadhampton Primary School | B− | 14% | 63% |
| Enstone Primary School | B− | 15% | 62% |
| Brookside Primary School | B− | 22% | 62% |
| St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School | B− | 13% | 62% |
| Great Milton Church of England Primary School | B− | 17% | 62% |
| Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School | B− | 9% | 62% |
| Deddington Church of England Primary School | B− | 8% | 62% |
| Madley Brook Community Primary School | B− | 8% | 62% |
| Barley Hill Primary School | B− | 16% | 61% |
| Windmill Primary School | B− | 7% | 61% |
| St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School | B− | 21% | 61% |
| Harriers Banbury Academy | B− | 21% | 61% |
| John Blandy Primary School | B− | 15% | 61% |
| Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School | B− | 15% | 61% |
| West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School | B− | 14% | 61% |
| Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School | B− | 11% | 61% |
| Kidmore End Church of England Primary School | B− | 7% | 61% |
| West Witney Primary School & Nursery | B− | 16% | 61% |
| King's Meadow Primary School | C+ | 11% | 60% |
| Long Furlong Primary School | C+ | 8% | 60% |
| St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School | C+ | 9% | 60% |
| Cutteslowe Primary School | C+ | 19% | 60% |
| Hanborough Manor CofE School | C+ | 13% | 60% |
| Witney Community Primary School | C+ | 22% | 60% |
| Finmere Church of England Primary School | C+ | 5% | 60% |
| Edward Feild Primary School | C+ | 15% | 60% |
| Caldecott Primary School | C+ | 22% | 59% |
| Clifton Hampden Church of England Primary School | C+ | 4% | 59% |
| Trinity Church of England Primary School | C+ | 3% | 59% |
| Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School | C+ | 8% | 59% |
| Shrivenham Church of England School | C+ | 15% | 59% |
| The Hendreds Church of England School | C+ | 16% | 59% |
| Glory Farm Primary School | C+ | 14% | 59% |
| The Blake Church of England Primary School | C+ | 14% | 59% |
| Larkrise Primary School | C+ | 13% | 59% |
| Peppard Church of England Primary School | C+ | 8% | 58% |
| Ewelme CofE Primary School | C+ | 3% | 58% |
| The Elms Primary School | C+ | 20% | 58% |
| John Henry Newman Academy | C+ | 36% | 58% |
| Charlton Primary School | C+ | 8% | 58% |
| Five Acres Primary School | C | 12% | 57% |
| Gateway Primary School | C | 8% | 57% |
| Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School | C | 28% | 57% |
| St Blaise CofE Primary School | C | 26% | 57% |
| Tyndale Community School | C | 28% | 57% |
| The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School | C | 11% | 56% |
| St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot | C | 4% | 56% |
| Chalgrove Community Primary School | C | 17% | 56% |
| St Francis Church of England Primary School | C | 24% | 56% |
| Stephen Freeman Primary School | C | 19% | 56% |
| Ducklington Primary School | C | 16% | 55% |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor | C | 9% | 55% |
| New Hinksey Church of England Primary School | C | 21% | 55% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame | C | 11% | 55% |
| St John's Primary School | C | 7% | 55% |
| Pegasus School | C | 42% | 55% |
| Standlake Church of England Primary School | C | 14% | 55% |
| Manor Primary School | C | 29% | 55% |
| Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary School | C | 17% | 55% |
| Stockham Primary School | C | 18% | 54% |
| Bloxham Church of England Primary School | C | 17% | 54% |
| Clanfield CofE Primary School | C | 7% | 54% |
| Hill View Primary School | C | 27% | 54% |
| Charlbury Primary School | C | 12% | 54% |
| Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School | C | 7% | 54% |
| Dry Sandford Primary School | C− | 9% | 53% |
| Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School | C− | 17% | 53% |
| Abbey Woods Academy | C− | 41% | 53% |
| Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School | C− | 13% | 53% |
| Badgemore Primary School | C− | 19% | 53% |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Steventon Village | C− | 9% | 53% |
| Drayton Community Primary School | C− | 8% | 52% |
| Stanford In the Vale CofE Primary School | C− | 23% | 52% |
| Dunmore Primary School | C− | 16% | 52% |
| Tackley Church of England Primary School | C− | 18% | 52% |
| Northbourne Church of England Primary School | C− | 15% | 52% |
| St John's Catholic Primary School | C− | 8% | 52% |
| Bladon Church of England Primary School | C− | 21% | 51% |
| St Leonard's Church of England Primary School | C− | 27% | 51% |
| Wheatley Church of England Primary School | C− | 16% | 51% |
| Benson Church of England Primary School | C− | 16% | 51% |
| Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary School | C− | 14% | 50% |
| Bletchingdon Parochial Church of England Primary School | C− | 24% | 50% |
| Marsh Baldon CofE Primary School | C− | 10% | 50% |
| Hanwell Fields Community School | C− | 16% | 50% |
| Bayards Hill School | C− | 44% | 50% |
| Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School | C− | 7% | 50% |
| Sandhills Community Primary School | C− | 14% | 50% |
| Uffington Church of England Primary School | C− | 27% | 49% |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | C− | 19% | 49% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury | C− | 28% | 49% |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School | C− | 20% | 48% |
| St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney | C− | 22% | 48% |
| Grove Church of England School | D | 24% | 47% |
| St Christopher's Church of England School | D | 8% | 47% |
| Orchard Meadow Primary School | D | 42% | 47% |
| Burford Primary School | D | 14% | 46% |
| Shellingford Church of England (Voluntary Aided) School | D | 1% | 45% |
| Watchfield Primary School | D | 21% | 45% |
| Brize Norton Primary School | D | 8% | 45% |
| Langford Village Community Primary School | D | 9% | 44% |
| Edith Moorhouse Primary School | D | 11% | 44% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury | D | 31% | 44% |
| Botley School | D | 21% | 44% |
| Stoke Row CofE Primary School | D | 12% | 43% |
| Marcham Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School | D | 16% | 43% |
| St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton | D | 26% | 43% |
| St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley | D | 31% | 43% |
| Stonesfield Primary School | D | 18% | 41% |
| Blewbury Church of England Primary School | D | 23% | 41% |
| Dorchester St Birinus Church of England School | D | 7% | 39% |
| Little Milton Church of England Primary School | D− | 11% | 38% |
| Thameside Primary School | D− | 35% | 38% |
| Longfields Primary and Nursery School | D− | 21% | 37% |
| South Stoke Primary School | D− | 21% | 35% |
| Bampton CofE Primary School | D− | 9% | 34% |
| Queen Emma's Primary School | D− | 25% | 34% |
| St Frideswide Church of England Primary School | D− | 27% | 34% |
| Tower Hill Community Primary School | D− | 46% | 33% |
| Rose Hill Primary School | D− | 54% | 27% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton | D− | 18% | 26% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025168 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, June 2022.
Living near Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in OX13 5, the school’s postcode sector
Appleton property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in OX13 5 sell for well under Appleton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Location
Directions ↗Appleton, OX13 5JL
Primary schools near Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School
The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.
Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School: common questions
Is Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School a good school?
By its published results, about average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 48% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 62% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, June 2022.
How hard is it to get into Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School?
For September 2026, 9 families put Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 11 places were offered in all.
What is Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2022).
How much do houses cost near Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, OX13 5, sold for a median £462,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (238 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Appleton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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