# Carswell Community Primary School

Carswell 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.

Primary school. Code E123080. [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 210
- Council: Vale of White Horse
- URN: 123080

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, February 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 5 February 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Abingdon School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/abingdon-school-e123312): 330 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [The Unicorn School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-unicorn-school-e123322): 430 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Caldecott Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caldecott-primary-school-e123087): 650 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [John Mason School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/john-mason-school-e140580): 720 m. Secondary. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024. Attainment 8 of 44.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Helen and St Katharine](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-helen-and-st-katharine-e123313): 800 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-nicolas-church-of-england-primary-school-abingdon-e123166): 870 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/123080)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/123080)

## How to cite

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