Stonesfield Primary School
High Street, Stonesfield, Witney, OX29 8PU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Aisling Hill
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 72
- URN
- 123022
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01993891687
About this school
Stonesfield Primary School is a community primary school in Witney. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 72 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Stonesfield Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 18 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 39% | 31% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 72% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 56% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 67% | 38% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - | - |
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 Stonesfield 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 | 60% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 31% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 96 |
| 2023/24 | 102 |
| 2024/25 | 89 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Stonesfield Primary School compares
Stonesfield Primary School ranked 224th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31% | 6.3% | 12.4% | 72 | — |
| Combe CofE Primary School | 89% | 2.4% | 4.8% | 115 | 1.5 miles |
| Finstock Church of England Primary School | — | 3.6% | 12.5% | 30 | 2.0 miles |
| Charlbury Primary School | 58% | 4% | 11.6% | 160 | 2.4 miles |
| Hanborough Manor CofE School | 58% | 6.7% | 15% | 180 | 2.6 miles |
| Freeland Church of England Primary School | 83% | 4.6% | 1.8% | 131 | 2.7 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.36%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.26%
- Persistent absence
- 14.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Combe CofE Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Witney
-
Finstock Church of England Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Chipping Norton
-
Charlbury Primary School2.4 miles
Primary
-
Hanborough Manor CofE School2.6 miles
Primary · Witney
-
Freeland Church of England Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Witney
Other schools in Witney
Stonesfield Primary School ranks 18th of the 19 ranked primary schools in Witney.
- Combe CofE Primary School Primary
- Ducklington Primary School Primary
- Eynsham Community Primary School Primary
- Freeland Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hailey Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hanborough Manor CofE School Primary
- Leafield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Madley Brook Community Primary School Primary
- North Leigh Church of England School Primary
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney Primary
- Queen Emma's Primary School Primary
- St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Stonesfield Primary School teach?
- Stonesfield Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Witney.
- Who is the headteacher of Stonesfield Primary School?
- The headteacher of Stonesfield Primary School is Headteacher Aisling Hill, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Stonesfield Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Stonesfield Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Stonesfield Primary School?
- Stonesfield Primary School has 72 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Stonesfield Primary School full?
- Stonesfield Primary School has capacity for 140 pupils and 72 on roll (51%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Stonesfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Stonesfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Stonesfield Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Stonesfield Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Stonesfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 31% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Stonesfield Primary School compare with other schools in Oxfordshire?
- Stonesfield Primary School ranked 224th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Stonesfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Stonesfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Stonesfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stonesfield 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 30 June 2026.