Cropredy Church of England Primary School
Station Road, Cropredy, Banbury, OX17 1PU
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Cropredy Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mr Phil Goldsworthy
- Diocese
- Diocese of Oxford
- Constituency
- Banbury
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 170
- URN
- 123090
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
About this school
Cropredy Church of England Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Banbury. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 170 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Cropredy Church of England 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 | 20 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 83% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 92% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - |
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 Cropredy Church of England 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 | 83% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Cropredy Church of England Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 78% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.8% | 7.1% | 170 | — |
| Cropredy Church of England Primary School | 91% | 5.3% | 11.1% | 196 | 0.0 miles |
| Cherry Fields Primary School | — | 4.3% | 21.8% | 201 | 1.9 miles |
| Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy | 8% | 4.5% | 8.5% | 99 | 2.3 miles |
| Hanwell Fields Community School | 48% | 4.7% | 16.6% | 454 | 2.5 miles |
| Chipping Warden Primary Academy | 33% | 6.3% | 11% | 93 | 2.8 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.1%
- English as an additional language
- 0.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.8%
- Persistent absence
- 10.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cropredy Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
Cherry Fields Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy2.3 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
Hanwell Fields Community School2.5 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
Chipping Warden Primary Academy2.8 miles
Primary · Banbury
Other schools in Banbury
- Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bloxham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brailes Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy Primary
- Cherry Fields Primary School Primary
- Chipping Warden Primary Academy Primary
- Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cropredy Church of England Primary School Primary
- Culworth Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Dashwood Banbury Academy Primary
- Deddington Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cropredy Church of England Primary School teach?
- Cropredy Church of England Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Banbury.
- Has Cropredy Church of England Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cropredy Church of England 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 big is Cropredy Church of England Primary School?
- Cropredy Church of England Primary School had 170 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Cropredy Church of England 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 83% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Cropredy Church of England Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cropredy Church of England 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 November 2023.