Orchard Fields Community School
Edmunds Road, Banbury, OX16 0QT
415 pupils · 92% of 450 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Free school meals
- 39.4%
Ofsted
Improved significantly (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “Improved significantly” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 27 November 2024, published 3 February 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 82% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 9% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 41 | 40 | 78 | 41 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 47 | 42 | 83 | 45 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 36 | 33 | 74 | 35 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 52 | 52 | 89 | 52 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 43 | 43 | 67 | 43 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 35 | 35 | 53 | 35 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 39 | 38 | 59 | 39 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 22 | 22 | 31 | 22 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury 0.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Queensway School 0.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- William Morris Primary School 1 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Harriers Banbury Academy 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Hill View Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.