Academy converter · Primary
Wantage · OX12 9RY · Oxfordshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
1.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 123151
The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Wantage · OX12 9UL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
82
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
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 4–11, in Wantage, Oxfordshire, 82 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 11%. 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.
Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 123151
Location
- Address
- West Street, Childrey
- Postcode
- OX12 9UL
- Town
- Wantage
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 82
- Boys / girls
- 44 / 38
- School capacity
- 98
- Capacity fill
- 82 / 98 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 11%
- FSM pupils
- 9
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Oxford
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Felicity Blockley
- Telephone
- 01235751254
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-04-30
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 64%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 9%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0