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Wantage Primary Academy[1]

Primary · ages 2–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 70% 70% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
70% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
20% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
107 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
106 2024/25[2]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
16 May 2023[3]
Type
S5 Inspection[3]
Report published
3 Jul 2023[3]
Personal development
Outstanding[3]
Quality of education
Outstanding[3]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[3]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[3]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[3]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[3]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[3]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Applications (any preference)
162 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences
75 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Places offered
61 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 135[4] 54[4] 56[4] 2.4[4] 1.0[4]
Entry Sept 2024 125[4] 42[4] 42[4] 3.0[4] 1.0[4]
Entry Sept 2023 115[4] 33[4] 47[4] 2.4[4] 0.7[4]
Entry Sept 2022 75[4] 28[4] 30[4] 2.5[4] 0.9[4]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
2–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
420[1]
Trust
OMNIA LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
https://www.wantageprimaryacademy.org.uk/[1]
District
Vale of White Horse[5]
Postcode
OX12 7GQ[1]
URN
147839[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
293 2024/25[6]
English as an additional language
19.5% 2024/25[6]
SEN support
14.7% 2024/25[6]
EHC plan
2.1% 2024/25[6]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.3% 2024/25[6]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
72.7%[7]
Mixed
10.2%[7]
Asian
7.5%[7]
Black
8.1%[7]
Any other ethnic group
1.6%[7]
Unclassified
0%[7]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.