1
Windmill Primary School
Oxford • Oxfordshire • OX3 8NG
1
16 Jul 2015
Top 10 Primary schools in Oxford
Updated for the latest inspections (median graded year: 2022)
This Top 10 showcases primary schools in the district of Oxford. It’s built from the latest graded Ofsted inspections. We rank Outstanding (grade 1) above Good (grade 2), then prioritise newer inspections. As tie-breakers, we consider the “Quality of education” sub-judgement (where available), then %FSM and school size.
Total primary schools
33
Outstanding
1
Good
30
Median inspection year
2022
Ofsted grade mix (graded schools)
O: 3% · G: 91% · RI: 6% · I: 0%
2
St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley
Oxford • Oxfordshire • OX4 2HB
2
7 Jul 2024
3
St Frideswide Church of England Primary School
Oxford • OX4 3DJ
2
29 Nov 2023
4
St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School
Oxford • Oxfordshire • OX3 0PJ
2
12 Nov 2023
5
Bayards Hill School
Oxford • Oxfordshire • OX3 9NU
2
18 Sep 2023
6
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore
Oxford • Oxfordshire • OX4 6LD
2
14 Sep 2023
7
Barton Park Primary School
Oxford • OX3 9WN
2
19 Jul 2023
8
St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School
Oxford • Oxfordshire • OX4 1TJ
2
18 Jun 2023
9
Larkrise Primary School
Oxford • Oxfordshire • OX4 4AN
2
17 May 2023
10
Pegasus School
Oxford • Oxfordshire • OX4 6RQ
2
4 May 2023
How we rank these schools
- Headline Ofsted grade: Outstanding (1) outranks Good (2), then RI (3), then Inadequate (4).
- More recent graded inspection dates rank higher.
- Where available, we use the Quality of education sub-judgement as a tie-breaker.
- Lower free school meals (%) may break remaining ties.
- Larger roll (pupil count) is a final tie-breaker.
Only the ten highest-ranked schools are shown; we also list “near misses” just below.
About Ofsted grades
- Outstanding (1): Highest judgement across key areas.
- Good (2): Strong effectiveness; meets standards consistently.
- Requires improvement (3): Not yet good; clear areas to improve.
- Inadequate (4): Significant weaknesses found.
Ungraded Section 8 visits check whether the previous graded judgement still stands, but they don’t replace it.
Data freshness & coverage
We refresh inspections and school snapshots regularly. If a school was inspected very recently, its report may not yet appear here.
Top-10 pages only appear for areas with at least 10 primary schools that have a graded Ofsted inspection.
Map of the Top 10
Also highly rated nearby
- Sandhills Community Primary School 2 • Jan 2023
- Wood Farm Primary School 2 • Jan 2023
- Windale Primary School 2 • Nov 2022
- Orchard Meadow Primary School 2 • Sep 2022
- Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School 2 • May 2022
- St Francis Church of England Primary School 2 • Feb 2022
- Cutteslowe Primary School 2 • May 2020
- New Marston Primary School 2 • Nov 2019
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford 2 • Sep 2019
- John Henry Newman Academy 2 • Jul 2018