John Blandy Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Abingdon · OX13 5DJ · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS252%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM14.5%
- Demand0.94
1.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 123154
Longworth Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Abingdon · OX13 5EU
Ages 5–11 · 82 pupils · Oxfordshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
100%
Overall absence
5.9%
Admissions demand
1.13 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-07-09
- 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)100%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 98.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)17.7%
Unauthorised1.9%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 62
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
1.13 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
17
Places offered
15
1st-preference offers
15
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 51
- 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 fill78%
82 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 82
- Boys / girls
- 39 / 43
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 82 / 105 (78%)
- Free school meals
- 19.5%
- FSM pupils
- 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Christian
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mr Neil Wilson
Location
- Address
- School Close, Longworth
- Postcode
- OX13 5EU
- 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 controlled school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, 82 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 19.5%. Religious character: Christian.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Standlake Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Standlake · OX29 7SQ · Oxfordshire
Ages 2–11
- KS262%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM13.7%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
Mulberry Bush School
Ofsted: Not judgedNon-maintained special school
Witney · OX29 7RW · Oxfordshire
Ages 5–12
- FSM0.0%
2.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Neil Wilson
- Telephone
- 01865820364