Hanwell Fields Community School
Rotary Way, Banbury, OX16 1ER
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Alex Pearson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Banbury
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 454
- URN
- 137910
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01295709583
About this school
Hanwell Fields Community School is a primary academy in Banbury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 454 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 59 | 54 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 59% | 48% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 6% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 69% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 70% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 46% | 59% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 Hanwell Fields Community 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 | 42% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 48% | 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 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 451 |
| 2023/24 | 458 |
| 2024/25 | 456 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hanwell Fields Community School compares
Hanwell Fields Community School ranked 198th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 19% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48% | 4.7% | 16.6% | 454 | — |
| Hardwick Primary School and Nursery | 70% | 6.3% | 25.4% | 249 | 0.5 miles |
| Cherry Fields Primary School | — | 4.3% | 21.8% | 201 | 0.7 miles |
| Hill View Primary School | 56% | 7% | 29.5% | 495 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury | 47% | 7% | 28.6% | 226 | 1.0 miles |
| William Morris Primary School | 71% | 5.9% | 27.9% | 240 | 1.1 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)
- 16.55%
- English as an additional language
- 18%
- Overall absence
- 4.74%
- Persistent absence
- 11.85%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hardwick Primary School and Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
Cherry Fields Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
Hill View Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury1.0 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
William Morris Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Banbury
Other schools in Banbury
Hanwell Fields Community School ranks 24th of the 32 ranked primary 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 Hanwell Fields Community School teach?
- Hanwell Fields Community School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Banbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Hanwell Fields Community School?
- The headteacher of Hanwell Fields Community School is Mr Alex Pearson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hanwell Fields Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hanwell Fields Community 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 Hanwell Fields Community School?
- Hanwell Fields Community School has 454 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Hanwell Fields Community School full?
- Hanwell Fields Community School has capacity for 420 pupils and 454 on roll (108%), so it is at or above 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 Hanwell Fields Community School a faith school?
- No. Hanwell Fields Community School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hanwell Fields Community School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hanwell Fields Community School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Hanwell Fields Community School?
- Hanwell Fields Community School is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Hanwell Fields Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 48% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hanwell Fields Community School rank locally?
- Hanwell Fields Community School ranked 198th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 19% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hanwell Fields Community School's absence rate?
- Hanwell Fields Community School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hanwell Fields Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hanwell Fields Community 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.