Dry Sandford Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Abingdon · OX13 6EE · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM9.2%
- Demand1.00
1.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 123219
Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Abingdon · OX13 5JL
Ages 4–11 · 139 pupils · Oxfordshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
58%
Overall absence
4.4%
Admissions demand
0.95 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-06-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)58%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.5%
Unauthorised0.4%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 164
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.95 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
18
Places offered
19
1st-preference offers
18
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 85
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 19
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill71%
139 pupils · 196 places
- Pupils on roll
- 139
- Boys / girls
- 74 / 65
- School capacity
- 196
- Capacity fill
- 139 / 196 (71%)
- Free school meals
- 8.6%
- FSM pupils
- 12
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Oxford
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mr Zaheer Ahmed
Location
- Address
- Church Road, Appleton
- Postcode
- OX13 5JL
- Town
- Abingdon
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, 139 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 8.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Oxford.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Oxford · OX1 5HP · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS273%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM14.7%
- Demand1.00
2.0 miles away
Cumnor Church of England School (Voluntary Controlled)
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Oxford · OX2 9PQ · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS277%
- Absence4.2%
- FSM5.1%
- Demand1.03
2.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Zaheer Ahmed
- Telephone
- 01865862794