Windmill Primary School
Margaret Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8NG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Howe
- Constituency
- Oxford East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 623
- URN
- 123047
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01865762509
About this school
Windmill Primary School is a community primary school in Oxford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 623 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 89 | 86 | 88 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 65% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 85% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 86% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 84% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - | - |
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 Windmill 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 | 65% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 627 |
| 2023/24 | 631 |
| 2024/25 | 628 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Windmill Primary School compares
Windmill Primary School ranked 146th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 4.4% | 6.9% | 623 | — |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford | 67% | 4.1% | 9.4% | 208 | 0.3 miles |
| Wood Farm Primary School | 68% | 6.4% | 31% | 382 | 0.4 miles |
| Bayards Hill School | 67% | 7.7% | 49.5% | 234 | 0.8 miles |
| Barton Park Primary School | 55% | 4.9% | 45.2% | 193 | 1.0 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford | 78% | 4% | 7.6% | 376 | 1.0 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.85%
- English as an additional language
- 31.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.41%
- Persistent absence
- 9.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford0.3 miles
Primary · Oxford
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Wood Farm Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Oxford
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Bayards Hill School0.8 miles
Primary · Oxford
-
Barton Park Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Oxford
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford1.0 miles
Primary · Oxford
Other schools in Oxford
Windmill Primary School ranks 34th of the 46 ranked primary schools in Oxford.
- Barton Park Primary School Primary
- Bayards Hill School Primary
- Beckley Church of England Primary School Primary
- Botley School Primary
- Chalgrove Community Primary School Primary
- Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cumnor Church of England School (Voluntary Controlled) Primary
- Cutteslowe Primary School Primary
- East Oxford Primary School Primary
- Garsington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Great Milton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Horspath Church of England Primary School Primary
Recorded changes at this school
Previous headteacher: Mrs Lynn Knapp (until July 2026).
- Headteacher changed from Mrs Lynn Knapp to Mr Andrew Howe recorded 15 Jul 2026
Common questions
- What year groups does Windmill Primary School teach?
- Windmill Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Oxford.
- Who is the headteacher of Windmill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Windmill Primary School is Mr Andrew Howe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Windmill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Windmill 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 big is Windmill Primary School?
- Windmill Primary School has 623 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Windmill Primary School full?
- Windmill Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 623 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Windmill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Windmill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Windmill Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Windmill Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Windmill 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 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Windmill Primary School rank locally?
- Windmill Primary School ranked 146th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Windmill Primary School's absence rate?
- Windmill Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Windmill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Windmill 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 15 July 2026.