St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor

  • Primary
  • Local authority maintained
  • Ages 4 to 11
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding

Station Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PUOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor is a primary school in Chinnor for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 359 schools in Oxfordshire. It ranks 120th of 226 primary schools in Oxfordshire. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 8 October 2024, report published 20 November 2024

This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Early years provision
Good
Safeguarding
Met

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 8 October 2024

Pupils enjoy being part of this friendly and welcoming school. The school ensures that pupils behave with respect and tolerance. Relationships between pupils and staff are positive and mutually respectful. The school has developed a wide range of opportunities to develop pupils' talents and interests beyond the taught curriculum. The school is a calm and purposeful learning environment, with high expectations of pupil achievement. Recently, achievement has fallen below these high expectations in some subjects. The school has taken swift and effective action to address this. As a result, pupils are achieving better in school now than some published results indicate. The school has high expectations of behaviour and makes sure that these expectations are understood clearly by staff and pupils. In the rare instances that behaviour does not meet these high expectations, adults work with pupils to make sure they understand how they should behave. For example, occasionally, there is some unkind behaviour during lunchtimes, which staff address swiftly with pupils. Pupils know that they can speak to any adult in the school about their worries. Pupils know that adults will take these worries seriously and they trust adults to help them. As a result, pupils are happy and safe here.

What the school should improve

  • In some subjects, pupils' learning is not checked as carefully as it is in other subjects. This means that staff do not always know precisely what pupils need to do to improve to learn more and remember more over time. The school should ensure that staff assess pupils' learning carefully in all subjects and use these checks to inform their teaching.

Exam results

SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25

60 pupils took the tests

Expected standard in reading, writing and maths58%

58%, 4 percentage points below the England average of 62%.

Higher standard in reading, writing and maths7%

7%, 1 percentage points below the England average of 8%.

Reading, average scaled score105

105, 1 below the England average of 106.

Maths, average scaled score105

105, the same as the England average.

Grammar, punctuation and spelling, average scaled score104

104, 1 below the England average of 105.

Pupil numbers and mix

411 pupils on roll, with places for 420

Eligible for free school meals8.8%

8.8%, 17.7 percentage points below the England average of 26.5%.

English as an additional language2.4%

2.4%, 19.2 percentage points below the England average of 21.6%.

Special educational needs support14.1%

14.1%, 0.7 percentage points below the England average of 14.8%.

Education, health and care plan3.4%

3.4%, 2.6 percentage points below the England average of 6%.

Schools near St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor

SchoolDistanceOfstedResults
Mill Lane Community Primary School0.3 milesOfsted judgements: Good83% met the expected standard
Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School2 milesOfsted: Good40% met the expected standard
Stokenchurch Primary School3 milesOfsted judgements: Good55% met the expected standard
Lewknor Church of England Primary School3 milesOfsted judgements: Good60% met the expected standard
Longwick Church of England Combined School3 milesOfsted: Good61% met the expected standard

School details

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Sector
Local authority maintained
Age range
4 to 11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Nursery classes
Yes
Headteacher
Mr Jonathan Jeffries
Address
Station Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PU
Local authority
Oxfordshire
URN
123126

School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.