St Nicholas CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Wantage · OX12 9RY · Oxfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS250%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM20.3%
- Demand1.36
1.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 123151
The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Wantage · OX12 9UL
Ages 4–11 · 82 pupils · Oxfordshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
50%
Overall absence
3.2%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-04-30
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)50%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)3.7%
Unauthorised0.5%
- Authorised absence
- 2.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 81
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
12
Places offered
12
1st-preference offers
12
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 20
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 12
- 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 fill84%
82 pupils · 98 places
- 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 type
- Voluntary controlled 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 controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Felicity Blockley
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
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.
Stockham Primary School
Ofsted: Some aspects not as strongCommunity school · Primary
Wantage · OX12 9HL · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS261%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM18.2%
- Demand1.33
2.1 miles away
Wantage Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Wantage · OX12 8DJ · Oxfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM23.6%
- Demand0.90
2.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Felicity Blockley
- Telephone
- 01235751254