South Stoke Primary School
The Street, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Nicola Townsend
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 52
- Pupils on roll
- 24
- URN
- 123039
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01491872948
About this school
South Stoke Primary School is a community primary school in Oxfordshire. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 24 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected South Stoke 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | - | 17% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 100% | - | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | - | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | - | 33% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | - | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | - | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
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 South Stoke 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 | 43% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 17% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 32 |
| 2023/24 | 36 |
| 2024/25 | 22 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How South Stoke Primary School compares
South Stoke Primary School ranked 228th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 17% | 13.1% | 18.2% | 24 | — |
| Goring Church of England Aided Primary School | 81% | 3.3% | 7.1% | 170 | 1.4 miles |
| Streatley Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | — | 1.9 miles |
| Cholsey Primary School | 61% | 4.2% | 15% | 332 | 2.2 miles |
| Woodcote Primary School | 52% | 3.5% | 17.8% | 168 | 3.2 miles |
| St John's Primary School | 57% | 3.5% | 8.7% | 206 | 3.4 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)
- 18.18%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 13.12%
- Persistent absence
- 27.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Goring Church of England Aided Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Reading
-
Streatley Church of England Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Reading
-
Cholsey Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Wallingford
-
Woodcote Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Reading
-
St John's Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · Wallingford
Common questions
- What ages does South Stoke Primary School teach?
- South Stoke Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Oxfordshire.
- Who is the headteacher of South Stoke Primary School?
- The headteacher of South Stoke Primary School is Miss Nicola Townsend, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has South Stoke Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected South Stoke 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 South Stoke Primary School?
- South Stoke Primary School has 24 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is South Stoke Primary School full?
- South Stoke Primary School has capacity for 52 pupils and 24 on roll (46%), 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 South Stoke Primary School a faith school?
- No. South Stoke Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does South Stoke Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records South Stoke Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have South Stoke Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 17% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does South Stoke Primary School compare with other schools in Oxfordshire?
- South Stoke Primary School ranked 228th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is South Stoke Primary School's absence rate?
- South Stoke Primary School's overall absence rate is 13.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are South Stoke Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, South Stoke 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.