Wantage Primary Academy
Primary schoolWantage Primary Academy is a primary school in Vale of White Horse, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 322 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), May 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 16 May 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 70% of pupils at Wantage Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Oxfordshire and 62% in England.
20% 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 | 70% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 20% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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- Charlton Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Huckleberry Therapeutic SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file940 m
- Fitzwaryn SchoolSpecial. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met1.9 km
- Wantage Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)2 km
- Millbrook Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)2 km
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).