Rose Hill Primary School
The Oval, Rose Hill, Oxford, OX4 4SF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- RIVER LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Rhiannon Wilkie
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- River Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Oxford East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 268
- URN
- 146278
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Telephone
- 01865777937
About this school
Rose Hill Primary School is a primary academy in Oxford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 268 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 29 | 39 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 31% | 34% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 28% | 36% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 32% | 44% | 38% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 21% | 41% | 41% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 96.0 | 96.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 96.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -7.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.20 | - | - |
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 Rose Hill 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 | 14% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 31% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 34% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 288 |
| 2023/24 | 293 |
| 2024/25 | 281 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rose Hill Primary School compares
Rose Hill Primary School ranked 221st of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34% | 7.1% | 46.8% | 268 | — |
| John Henry Newman Academy | 69% | 6.2% | 37.8% | 392 | 0.7 miles |
| Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School | 59% | 7.7% | 30.2% | 459 | 0.8 miles |
| Larkrise Primary School | 64% | 6% | 15.7% | 434 | 0.9 miles |
| St Frideswide Church of England Primary School | 33% | 7.8% | 28.7% | 330 | 0.9 miles |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore | 65% | 6.2% | 24.9% | 242 | 1.0 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)
- 46.77%
- English as an additional language
- 31.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.13%
- Persistent absence
- 25.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
John Henry Newman Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Oxford
-
Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Oxford
-
Larkrise Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Oxford
-
St Frideswide Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Oxford
-
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore1.0 miles
Primary · Oxford
Other schools in Oxford
Rose Hill Primary School ranks 45th 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
- Cutteslowe Primary School 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Rose Hill Primary School teach?
- Rose Hill Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Oxford.
- Who is the headteacher of Rose Hill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Rose Hill Primary School is Miss Rhiannon Wilkie, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rose Hill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rose Hill 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 Rose Hill Primary School?
- Rose Hill Primary School has 268 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Rose Hill Primary School full?
- Rose Hill Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 268 on roll (64%), 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 Rose Hill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Rose Hill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Rose Hill Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Rose Hill Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Rose Hill Primary School?
- Rose Hill 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 Rose Hill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 14% in 2022/23 and 34% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rose Hill Primary School rank locally?
- Rose Hill Primary School ranked 221st of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rose Hill Primary School's absence rate?
- Rose Hill Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rose Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rose Hill 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 2 July 2026.