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Windrush Church of England Primary School

PrimaryAges 2–11Free schoolChurch of England

Witney, OX29 7DL · Oxfordshire local authority

Witney’s School Grade C− better than 25% of towns in England

Getting in
44/46
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
188 pupils
53% of its 354 places
Free school meals
13%
13 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Windrush Church of England Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 188 pupils for 354 places
  • 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, February 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • 96% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (44 of 46)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (OX29 7) sold for a median £405,000; Witney’s is £340,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Windrush Church of England Primary School?

96% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

46
families put it first for September 2026
44
places offered
96%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2023 (11), 2024 (20), 2026 (2). 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. River Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Oxfordshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Witney, September 2026

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

1.29 per place
78% got their first choice
Windrush CofE Primary
1.05 per place
96% got their first choice
1.03 per place
97% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.95 per place
100% got their first choice
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

151 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
10.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
11.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

No letter for Windrush Church of England Primary School

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.

Graded inspection: Good, February 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Windrush Church of England Primary School

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

Home prices in OX29 7, the school’s postcode sector

Witney property prices →
£405,000
median sale, 249 sales in 36 months · Witney £340,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K2010201520202025OX29 7Witney
OX29 7Witney

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£476K
Semi-detached
£368K
Terraced
£320K
Flat
£193K
OX29 7Witney

Homes in OX29 7 sell for well over Witney’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

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−CB+D−B−D−B−Windrush Church of England …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Witney, OX29 7DL

Windrush Church of England Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Windrush Church of England Primary School?

For September 2026, 46 families put Windrush Church of England Primary School first and 44 of them were offered a place; 44 places were offered in all.

What is Windrush Church of England Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (February 2024).

How much do houses cost near Windrush Church of England Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, OX29 7, sold for a median £405,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (249 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; Witney’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.