St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
386
AGES
4 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Voluntary aided school
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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils National School Census Data, ONS
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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the last School Census collected by the Department for Education. It is a visualisation of where pupils lived at the time of the annual School Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The criteria in which schools use to allocate places in the event that they are oversubscribed can and do vary between schools and over time. These criteria can include distance from the school and sometimes specific catchment areas but can also include, amongst others, priority for siblings, children of a particular faith or specific feeder schools. Living in an area where children have previously attended a school does not guarantee admission to the school in future years. Always check with the school’s own admission authority for the current admission arrangements.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(04/05/2023)
Full Report - All Reports
66%
NATIONAL AVG. 60%
% pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics



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Progress Compared With All Other Schools

UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 9% of schools in England) Below Average (About 9% of schools in England) Average (About 67% of schools in England) Above Average (About 6% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 9% of schools in England) UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 10% of schools in England) Below Average (About 9% of schools in England) Average (About 67% of schools in England) Above Average (About 6% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 8% of schools in England) UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 10% of schools in England) Below Average (About 11% of schools in England) Average (About 59% of schools in England) Above Average (About 11% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 9% of schools in England)
Meadow Lane
Oxford
OX4 1TJ
01865723841

School Description

The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Staff are proud to work at the school and the vast majority of parents and carers responding to Ofsted’s online survey, Parent View, are happy with the quality of education provided. Parents are also very positive in their written comments about the school. Typical examples of these comments are ‘My children have been taught by teachers who have inspired them in every area’ and ‘The opportunities for enrichment are outstanding and the progress my children have made is really pleasing.’ You have a clear vision and ambition for the school. You focus on ensuring that pupils achieve well and develop their personal skills in a safe environment. Staff share your vision and are working hard to achieve it. As a consequence, pupils are happy, enjoy their learning and feel safe and well cared for. You and your leadership team have focused effectively on the areas for improvement identified in the previous report. Physical education is taught well and pupils access a wide range of opportunities. These include regular swimming for all year groups from Year 2 onwards, and many outdoor physical activities. You ensure that leaders monitor the quality of teaching and learning closely and you provide targeted professional development so that standards continue to improve. You have developed a new curriculum which enables pupils to learn through stories. Pupils have been inspired by this imaginative approach to literature and the school’s curriculum has been enriched. Since the previous inspection, pupils in key stages 1 and 2 have been brought together on one site. Reception children, although on the school’s roll, continue to be taught in an early years provision one mile from the school’s main site. This provision, Comper Foundation Stage School, is inspected separately. It is not managed by the school’s governing body. However, lessons in this early years provision were observed during this inspection. You have strong links with this school’s leaders and governors. Communication is regular, and your inclusion leader has a good knowledge of the children who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities. However, communication about Reception children at this setting needs to be further developed so that you and your leadership team can monitor more effectively the attainment and progress of all children in Reception. Children’s achievement in the early years has increased well over the past three years. The proportion achieving a good level of development now exceeds the national average. Pupils do well in key stage 1. The results at the end of Year 2 in 2017, at both the expected standard and greater depth for reading, writing and mathematics, were above those of pupils nationally. At the end of key stage 2 in 2017, pupils attained above the national averages in reading and writing. Attainment in mathematics was in line with the national average at the expected standard but below at the higher standard. The average rate of progress from the end of key stage 1 to the end of key stage 2 has been falling. This was particularly marked for pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2016 and 2017. You and your leadership team had not, until recently, monitored this progress measure. Progress in mathematics at the end of Year 6 in 2017 was in the bottom 10% of schools nationally. Consequently, you have made mathematics a key focus for development in key stage 2. The recent changes to mathematics teaching and learning are having a very positive impact on current pupils’ progress. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership team and governors ensure that all the arrangements to safeguard pupils are effective and fit for purpose. The importance that you and governors give to keeping every pupil safe has generated a strong culture of safeguarding. This is evident in the vigilance and actions of your staff. Thorough recruitment checks are carried out to check the suitability of all adults who work with pupils, and these are recorded carefully. You make sure that staff have appropriate and up-to-date safeguarding training and know how to recognise the different signs of abuse, including neglect. All staff know what they must do if they have a concern about a pupil. The careful recording of concerns means that you access help for pupils and their families at an early stage. You support them through effective work with other teams and agencies. You also work with families and teams to improve pupils’ attendance.

St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School Parent Reviews



unlock % Parents Recommend This School
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>70, "agree"=>26, "disagree"=>2, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>71, "agree"=>26, "disagree"=>2, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>52, "agree"=>36, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>7} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
My Child Has Not Been Bullied Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"my_child_has_not_been_bullied"=>72, "strongly_agree"=>6, "agree"=>8, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>10} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>57, "agree"=>37, "disagree"=>4, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
I Have Not Raised Any Concerns Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"i_have_not_raised_any_concerns"=>29, "strongly_agree"=>38, "agree"=>26, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>3, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>39, "agree"=>36, "disagree"=>12, "strongly_disagree"=>6, "dont_know"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 33 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>32, "agree"=>48, "disagree"=>12, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>51, "agree"=>39, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>42, "agree"=>51, "disagree"=>6, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>52, "agree"=>39, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>61, "agree"=>32, "disagree"=>6, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>58, "agree"=>34, "disagree"=>4, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>4} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023
Yes No {"yes"=>94, "no"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 155 responses up to 04-05-2023

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