Carswell Community Primary School
Primary schoolCarswell Community Primary School is a primary school in Vale of White Horse, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 210 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, February 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 5 February 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 79% of pupils at Carswell Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Oxfordshire and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Abingdon SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file330 m
- The Unicorn SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file430 m
- Caldecott Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)650 m
- John Mason SchoolSecondary. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024. Attainment 8 of 44.9 (2025/26, provisional)720 m
- St Helen and St KatharineIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file800 m
- St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, AbingdonPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Vale of White Horse
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).