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Sires Hill Primary Academy

PrimaryAges 2–11Free school

Didcot, OX11 9GY · Oxfordshire local authority

Didcot’s School Grade A− better than 83% of towns in England

Getting in
29/37
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
117 pupils
23% of its 510 places
Free school meals
4%
4 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Sires Hill Primary Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 117 pupils for 510 places
  • 4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, May 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • 78% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (29 of 37)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (OX11 9) sold for a median £445,000; Didcot’s is £350,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Sires Hill Primary Academy?

78% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

37
families put it first for September 2026
29
places offered
78%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2026 (8). 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. Omnia Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Oxfordshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Didcot, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.43 per place
67% got their first choice
1.39 per place
71% got their first choice
Sires Hill Primary
1.28 per place
78% got their first choice
1.03 per place
93% got their first choice
0.88 per place
100% got their first choice
0.79 per place
100% got their first choice
0.79 per place
100% got their first choice
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice
0.54 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

75 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.

SEN support
16%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
28%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Sires Hill Primary Academy

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting May 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Sires Hill Primary Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in OX11 9, the school’s postcode sector

Didcot property prices →
£445,000
median sale, 501 sales in 36 months · Didcot £350,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K2010201520202025OX11 9Didcot
OX11 9Didcot

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£595K
Semi-detached
£404K
Terraced
£336K
Flat
£253K
OX11 9Didcot

Homes in OX11 9 sell for well over Didcot’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

7 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNAB+B+B+CBCSires Hill Primary Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Didcot, OX11 9GY

Sires Hill Primary Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Sires Hill Primary Academy?

For September 2026, 37 families put Sires Hill Primary Academy first and 29 of them were offered a place; 29 places were offered in all.

What is Sires Hill Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (May 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Sires Hill Primary Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, OX11 9, sold for a median £445,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (501 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; Didcot’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.