Best Primary Schools in Oxford

We checked all 53 primary schools in Oxford, Oxfordshire, and list every one: 46 ranked, then 7 without a rank.

Schools checked
53
Ranked
46
Without a rank
7

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Oxford. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Oxford also has 20 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire also has rankings for Banbury, Abingdon, Witney, Bicester, Didcot and all of Oxfordshire.

Ranked primary schools in Oxford

  1. Rank 1

    St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 183 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Expected standard
    79%
    Higher standard
    39%
  2. Rank 2

    St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford

    Local authority maintained, 391 pupils, inspected October 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    18%
  3. Rank 3

    St Swithun's CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 420 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    19%
  4. Rank 4

    St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 135 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    31%
  5. Rank 5

    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford

    Local authority maintained, 376 pupils, inspected July 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    17%
  6. Rank 6

    St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City

    Local authority maintained, 189 pupils, inspected January 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    14%
  7. Rank 7

    Wolvercote Primary School

    Academy, 338 pupils, inspected December 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    86%
    Higher standard
    9%
  8. Rank 8

    North Hinksey Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 205 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Strong standard
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    10%
  9. Rank 9

    Great Milton Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 174 pupils, inspected September 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    22%
  10. Rank 10

    St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford

    Local authority maintained, 208 pupils, inspected November 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    13%
  11. Rank 11

    Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School

    Academy, 318 pupils, inspected March 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    81%
    Higher standard
    7%
  12. Rank 12

    Garsington Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 204 pupils, inspected December 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    16%
  13. Rank 13

    Cumnor Church of England School (Voluntary Controlled)

    Local authority maintained, 197 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    10%
  14. Rank 14

    Larkrise Primary School

    Academy, 434 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    13%
  15. Rank 15

    St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 382 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    13%
  16. Rank 16

    Windmill Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 623 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    7%
  17. Rank 17

    Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 83 pupils, inspected March 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    10%
  18. Rank 18

    East Oxford Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 278 pupils, inspected February 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    7%
  19. Rank 19

    Wood Farm Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 382 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    11%
  20. Rank 20

    Sandhills Community Primary School

    Academy, 193 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    18%
  21. Rank 21

    West Oxford Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 190 pupils, inspected November 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    13%
  22. Rank 22

    Windale Primary School

    Academy, 196 pupils, inspected September 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    0%
  23. Rank 23

    Cutteslowe Primary School

    Academy, 304 pupils, inspected March 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    16%
  24. Rank 24

    Wheatley Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 256 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    76%
    Higher standard
    7%
  25. Rank 25

    Horspath Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 141 pupils, inspected October 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    5%
  26. Rank 26

    William Fletcher Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 210 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    9%
  27. Rank 27

    Bayards Hill School

    Academy, 234 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    10%
  28. Rank 28

    St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 252 pupils, inspected March 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    54%
    Higher standard
    9%
  29. Rank 29

    New Marston Primary School

    Academy, 256 pupils, inspected October 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    9%
  30. Rank 30

    St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 399 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    7%
  31. Rank 31

    Beckley Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 66 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    0%
  32. Rank 32

    Tyndale Community School

    Free school, 280 pupils, inspected June 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    2%
  33. Rank 33

    John Henry Newman Academy

    Academy, 392 pupils, inspected June 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    5%
  34. Rank 34

    Stadhampton Primary School

    Academy, 92 pupils, inspected February 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    0%
  35. Rank 35

    St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore

    Academy, 242 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    4%
  36. Rank 36

    Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 459 pupils, inspected March 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    5%
  37. Rank 37

    Pegasus School

    Academy, 479 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    2%
  38. Rank 38

    New Hinksey Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 85 pupils, inspected June 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    48%
    Higher standard
    5%
  39. Rank 39

    Chalgrove Community Primary School

    Academy, 220 pupils, inspected June 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    7%
  40. Rank 40

    St Francis Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 211 pupils, inspected December 2021

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    0%
  41. Rank 41

    St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley

    Academy, 314 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    3%
  42. Rank 42

    Orchard Meadow Primary School

    Academy, 209 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    3%
  43. Rank 43

    Barton Park Primary School

    Free school, 193 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    0%
  44. Rank 44

    St Frideswide Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 330 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    33%
    Higher standard
    4%
  45. Rank 45

    Botley School

    Academy, 189 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    0%
  46. Rank 46

    Rose Hill Primary School

    Academy, 268 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    34%
    Higher standard
    3%

Primary schools in Oxford without a rank