# Harriers Banbury Academy

Harriers Banbury Academy is a primary school in Cherwell, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 408 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E139298. [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 408
- Council: Cherwell
- URN: 139298

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 20 March 2024
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, 60% of pupils at Harriers Banbury Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Oxfordshire and 62% in England.
5% 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 | 60% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 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.

- [St John's Priory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-priory-school-e123279): 190 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Queensway School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queensway-school-e122996): 640 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2022. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Futures Institute Banbury](https://openindex.co.uk/school/futures-institute-banbury-e140886): 670 m. Secondary. School remains Good, December 2022. Attainment 8 of 44.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Frank Wise School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/frank-wise-school-e123332): 750 m. Special. Standards maintained, November 2024
- [Wykham Park](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wykham-park-e138499): 760 m. Secondary. School remains Good, September 2023. Attainment 8 of 37.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blessed-george-napier-catholic-school-and-sixth-form-e141146): 870 m. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 49.1 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/139298)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139298)

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