Cutteslowe Primary School
Wren Road, Cutteslowe, Oxford, OX2 7SX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- RIVER LEARNING TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Miss Gillian McDermott
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- River Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 304
- URN
- 139064
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01865558944
About this school
Cutteslowe Primary School is a primary academy in Oxford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 304 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 44 | 45 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 62% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 11% | 16% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 87% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 73% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 76% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
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 Cutteslowe 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 | 59% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 336 |
| 2023/24 | 319 |
| 2024/25 | 303 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cutteslowe Primary School compares
Cutteslowe Primary School ranked 132nd of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 5.3% | 24.4% | 304 | — |
| Wolvercote Primary School | 86% | 4.6% | 13.4% | 338 | 0.9 miles |
| St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School | 79% | 6% | 9.4% | 183 | 1.4 miles |
| St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford | 75% | 4.7% | 6.1% | 391 | 1.4 miles |
| St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School | 57% | 5% | 11.3% | 382 | 1.5 miles |
| New Marston Primary School | 68% | 4.8% | 19.7% | 256 | 1.9 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
-
Ungraded inspection report18 June 2025
- 3 March 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.37%
- English as an additional language
- 22.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.28%
- Persistent absence
- 14.39%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wolvercote Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Oxford
-
St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Oxford
-
St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford1.4 miles
Primary · Oxford
-
St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School1.5 miles
Primary · Oxford
-
New Marston Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Oxford
Other schools in Oxford
Cutteslowe Primary School ranks 29th 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
- 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
- John Henry Newman Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cutteslowe Primary School teach?
- Cutteslowe Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Oxford.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Cutteslowe Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Cutteslowe Primary School is Miss Gillian McDermott, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cutteslowe Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cutteslowe 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 Cutteslowe Primary School?
- Cutteslowe Primary School has 304 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cutteslowe Primary School full?
- Cutteslowe Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 304 on roll (72%), 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 Cutteslowe Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cutteslowe Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Cutteslowe Primary School a selective school?
- No. Cutteslowe Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Cutteslowe Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cutteslowe Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Cutteslowe Primary School?
- Cutteslowe Primary School is part of RIVER LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cutteslowe Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cutteslowe Primary School rank locally?
- Cutteslowe Primary School ranked 132nd of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cutteslowe Primary School's absence rate?
- Cutteslowe Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cutteslowe Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cutteslowe 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.