Carterton Primary School
Burford Road, Carterton, OX18 3AD
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Carterton Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of School
- Mr Simon Jackson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Witney
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 199
- URN
- 123015
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
About this school
Carterton Primary School was a community primary school in Carterton. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 199 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Carterton Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 44% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 53% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 48% | 47% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Carterton Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Oxfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 279 |
| 2023/24 | 199 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Carterton Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.5% | 17.8% | 199 | — |
| Carterton Primary School | 50% | 5.8% | 23.8% | 225 | 0.0 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton | 27% | 8.1% | 28.2% | 107 | 0.3 miles |
| Gateway Primary School | 65% | 4.8% | 9.9% | 300 | 0.4 miles |
| Edith Moorhouse Primary School | 47% | 4.4% | 11.5% | 336 | 0.4 miles |
| St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School | 65% | 3.6% | 15% | 452 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.8%
- English as an additional language
- 17.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.5%
- Persistent absence
- 22.8%
Location
Nearby schools
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Carterton Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Carterton
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton0.3 miles
Primary · Carterton
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Gateway Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Carterton
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Edith Moorhouse Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Carterton
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St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Carterton
Other schools in Carterton
- Brize Norton Primary School Primary
- Carterton Primary School Primary
- Edith Moorhouse Primary School Primary
- Gateway Primary School Primary
- St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton Primary
- Carterton Community College Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Carterton Primary School teach?
- Carterton Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Carterton.
- Has Carterton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Carterton Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Carterton Primary School?
- Carterton Primary School had 199 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Carterton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Carterton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Carterton Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2024.