St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School
Pioneer Way, Bicester, OX26 1BF
598 pupils · 102% of 588 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
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 18 February 2022, published 8 May 2022. 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 | 64% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 12% |
“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 — 1.23 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 87 | 107 | 164 | 87 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 89 | 106 | 182 | 89 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 90 | 112 | 178 | 90 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 90 | 90 | 170 | 90 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 59 | 74 | 133 | 59 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 59 | 77 | 126 | 59 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 59 | 90 | 143 | 59 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 73 | 108 | 60 |
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 Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Brookside Primary School 1.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- King's Meadow Primary School 1.6 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Graven Hill Primary School 1.6 km · No Ofsted rating
- Longfields Primary and Nursery School 1.8 km · Good — confirmed 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.