Rush Common School
Hendred Way, Abingdon, OX14 2AW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ABINGDON LEARNING TRUST
- Acting Headteacher
- Mr Kristen Fawcett
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- Not Applicable
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 448
- Pupils on roll
- 417
- URN
- 137920
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01235533583
About this school
Rush Common School is a primary academy in Abingdon. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 417 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong 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 | 49 | 58 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 74% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 24% | 26% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 78% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 81% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 79% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.50 | - | - |
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 Rush Common 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 | 78% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 378 |
| 2023/24 | 416 |
| 2024/25 | 429 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rush Common School compares
Rush Common School ranked 38th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 417 | — |
| Thomas Reade Primary School | 63% | 3.7% | 14.4% | 216 | 0.2 miles |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 50% | 6% | 17.6% | 182 | 0.4 miles |
| Dunmore Primary School | 50% | 5% | 16.2% | 420 | 0.5 miles |
| Long Furlong Primary School | 47% | 4.2% | 9.9% | 211 | 0.6 miles |
| St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon | 69% | 5.1% | 15.1% | 399 | 0.7 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)
- 5.1%
- English as an additional language
- 16.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.16%
- Persistent absence
- 7.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thomas Reade Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Abingdon
-
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Abingdon
-
Dunmore Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Abingdon
-
Long Furlong Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Abingdon
-
St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon0.7 miles
Primary · Abingdon
Other schools in Abingdon
Rush Common School ranks 2nd 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
- Dunmore 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Rush Common School teach?
- Rush Common School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Abingdon.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Rush Common School?
- The acting headteacher of Rush Common School is Mr Kristen Fawcett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rush Common School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rush Common 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 Rush Common School?
- Rush Common School has 417 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Rush Common School full?
- Rush Common School has capacity for 448 pupils and 417 on roll (93%), 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 Rush Common School a faith school?
- No. Rush Common School has no designated religious character.
- Does Rush Common School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Rush Common School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Rush Common School?
- Rush Common School is part of ABINGDON LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Rush Common School have?
- The schools register lists Rush Common School's special educational needs provision as: Not Applicable. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Rush Common School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 78% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rush Common School rank locally?
- Rush Common School ranked 38th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rush Common School's absence rate?
- Rush Common School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rush Common School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rush Common 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.