Hill View Primary School
Hill View Crescent, Banbury, OX16 1DN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Ferens
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Banbury
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 670
- Pupils on roll
- 495
- URN
- 145094
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01295251205
About this school
Hill View Primary School is a primary academy in Banbury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 495 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hill View Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 66 | 76 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 51% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 66% | 62% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 71% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 58% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 Hill View 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 | 56% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 491 |
| 2023/24 | 514 |
| 2024/25 | 503 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hill View Primary School compares
Hill View Primary School ranked 155th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 7% | 29.5% | 495 | — |
| Hardwick Primary School and Nursery | 70% | 6.3% | 25.4% | 249 | 0.4 miles |
| William Morris Primary School | 71% | 5.9% | 27.9% | 240 | 0.4 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury | 50% | 6.9% | 28.3% | 197 | 0.6 miles |
| Orchard Fields Community School | 82% | 6.3% | 41.9% | 415 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury | 47% | 7% | 28.6% | 226 | 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)
- 29.47%
- English as an additional language
- 30.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.99%
- Persistent absence
- 18.62%
Location
Nearby schools
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Hardwick Primary School and Nursery0.4 miles
Primary · Banbury
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William Morris Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Banbury
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury0.6 miles
Primary · Banbury
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Orchard Fields Community School0.7 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury0.7 miles
Primary · Banbury
Other schools in Banbury
Hill View Primary School ranks 20th 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 ages does Hill View Primary School teach?
- Hill View Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Banbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Hill View Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hill View Primary School is Mrs Claire Ferens, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hill View Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hill View 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 many pupils are at Hill View Primary School?
- Hill View Primary School has 495 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Hill View Primary School full?
- Hill View Primary School has capacity for 670 pupils and 495 on roll (74%), 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 Hill View Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hill View Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hill View Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hill View Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Hill View Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Hill View Primary 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 Hill View Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hill View Primary School compare with other schools in Oxfordshire?
- Hill View Primary School ranked 155th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hill View Primary School's absence rate?
- Hill View Primary School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hill View Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hill View 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 10 July 2026.