Dunmore Primary School
Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Samuel Bartholomew
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 460
- Pupils on roll
- 420
- URN
- 135265
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01235520550
About this school
Dunmore Primary School is a community primary school in Abingdon. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 420 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 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
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- 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 | 55 | 55 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 40% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 11% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 91% | 67% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 55% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 64% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| 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 Dunmore 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 | 67% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 422 |
| 2023/24 | 423 |
| 2024/25 | 431 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dunmore Primary School compares
Dunmore Primary School ranked 180th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 5% | 16.2% | 420 | — |
| St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon | 69% | 5.1% | 15.1% | 399 | 0.3 miles |
| Rush Common School | 78% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 417 | 0.5 miles |
| Long Furlong Primary School | 47% | 4.2% | 9.9% | 211 | 0.5 miles |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 50% | 6% | 17.6% | 182 | 0.5 miles |
| Thomas Reade Primary School | 63% | 3.7% | 14.4% | 216 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.18%
- English as an additional language
- 18.6%
- Overall absence
- 5%
- Persistent absence
- 11.3%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon0.3 miles
Primary · Abingdon
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Rush Common School0.5 miles
Primary · Abingdon
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Long Furlong Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Abingdon
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St Edmund's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Abingdon
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Thomas Reade Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Abingdon
Other schools in Abingdon
Dunmore Primary School ranks 16th of the 21 ranked primary schools in Abingdon.
- Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School Primary
- Caldecott Primary School Primary
- Carswell Community Primary School Primary
- Clifton Hampden Church of England Primary School Primary
- Drayton Community Primary School Primary
- Dry Sandford Primary School Primary
- John Blandy Primary School Primary
- Long Furlong Primary School Primary
- Long Wittenham (Church of England) Primary School Primary
- Longworth Primary School Primary
- Marcham Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Primary
- Radley Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dunmore Primary School teach?
- Dunmore Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Abingdon.
- Who is the headteacher of Dunmore Primary School?
- The headteacher of Dunmore Primary School is Mr Samuel Bartholomew, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dunmore Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dunmore 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 Dunmore Primary School?
- Dunmore Primary School has 420 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Dunmore Primary School full?
- Dunmore Primary School has capacity for 460 pupils and 420 on roll (91%), 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 Dunmore Primary School a faith school?
- No. Dunmore Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Dunmore Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Dunmore Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Dunmore Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dunmore Primary School rank locally?
- Dunmore Primary School ranked 180th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dunmore Primary School's absence rate?
- Dunmore Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dunmore Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dunmore 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 1 July 2026.