Stanford In the Vale CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Faringdon · SN7 8LH · Oxfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS241%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM23.4%
- Demand0.96
2.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains OutstandingURN 140278
Buckland Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Faringdon · SN7 8RB
Ages 3–11 · 111 pupils · Oxfordshire
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
KS2 expected (RWM)
88%
Overall absence
3.8%
Admissions demand
1.40 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Outstanding
Inspection date
2022-09-21
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)88%
Higher standard (RWM)24%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)3.3%
Unauthorised0.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 91
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
1.40 · Competitive
1st preferences
21
Places offered
15
1st-preference offers
15
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 55
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 15
- 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 fill106%
111 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 111
- Boys / girls
- 56 / 55
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 111 / 105 (106%)
- Free school meals
- 2.7%
- FSM pupils
- 3
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Oxford
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: CAMBRIAN LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- CAMBRIAN LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Faringdon Academy of Schools
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Brown
Location
- Address
- Summerside
- Postcode
- SN7 8RB
- Town
- Faringdon
- 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, 111 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 2.7%. 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.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Brown
- Telephone
- 01367870236