Harriers Banbury Academy
Harriers View, Bloxham Road, Banbury, OX16 9JW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Matthew Rabiasz
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Aspirations Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Banbury
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 460
- Pupils on roll
- 408
- URN
- 139298
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01295263067
About this school
Harriers Banbury Academy is a primary academy in Banbury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 408 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 20 March 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
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 | 56 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 59% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 4% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 75% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 66% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 73% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Harriers Banbury Academy 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 | 63% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 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 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 434 |
| 2023/24 | 431 |
| 2024/25 | 421 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harriers Banbury Academy compares
Harriers Banbury Academy ranked 135th 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 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 5.2% | 22.5% | 408 | — |
| Queensway School | 74% | 6.5% | 24% | 398 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury | 47% | 7% | 28.6% | 226 | 0.6 miles |
| The Grange Community Primary School | 89% | 4% | 13.7% | 310 | 0.6 miles |
| St John's Catholic Primary School | 43% | 4.4% | 9.7% | 216 | 0.6 miles |
| Orchard Fields Community School | 82% | 6.3% | 41.9% | 415 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.53%
- English as an additional language
- 32.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.18%
- Persistent absence
- 14.17%
Location
Nearby schools
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Queensway School0.4 miles
Primary · Banbury
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St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury0.6 miles
Primary · Banbury
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The Grange Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Banbury
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St John's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Banbury
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Orchard Fields Community School0.7 miles
Primary · Banbury
Other schools in Banbury
Harriers Banbury Academy ranks 17th 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 Harriers Banbury Academy teach?
- Harriers Banbury Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Banbury.
- Who is the principal of Harriers Banbury Academy?
- The principal of Harriers Banbury Academy is Mr Matthew Rabiasz, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Harriers Banbury Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harriers Banbury Academy, 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 Harriers Banbury Academy?
- Harriers Banbury Academy has 408 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Harriers Banbury Academy full?
- Harriers Banbury Academy has capacity for 460 pupils and 408 on roll (89%), 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 Harriers Banbury Academy a faith school?
- No. Harriers Banbury Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Harriers Banbury Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Harriers Banbury Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Harriers Banbury Academy?
- Harriers Banbury Academy is part of ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Harriers Banbury Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% 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 Harriers Banbury Academy rank locally?
- Harriers Banbury Academy ranked 135th 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 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Harriers Banbury Academy's absence rate?
- Harriers Banbury Academy's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harriers Banbury Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harriers Banbury Academy'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.