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46 open schools in Banbury, Oxfordshire · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Oxfordshire schools · grammar schools in Banbury

Banbury has 46 state schools: 34 primary, 7 secondary, part of Oxfordshire's wider catchment. 36 have a published Ofsted rating, and 28 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Average score
out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Wykham Park Good · ×0.45 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Wroxton Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hill View Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Queensway School Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hornton Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Dashwood Banbury Academy Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hook Norton Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Harriers Banbury Academy Good · ×0.97 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Oxfordshire

Primary schools: 'Designated catchment area' explicit criterion; catchment boundary maps published. (source)

Secondary schools: 'Many, but not all, secondary schools have catchment areas' — same structure as primary phase. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Banbury straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is Oxfordshire's, and Warwickshire, West Northamptonshire also have schools here, applying under their own.

Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School Banbury · Good Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School Banbury Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form Banbury · Good Bloxham Church of England Primary School Banbury · Not judged Bloxham Grove Academy Banbury Bloxham School Banbury Brailes Church of England Primary School Banbury · Good Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy Banbury · Good Chenderit School Banbury · Good Cherry Fields Primary School Banbury · Outstanding Chipping Warden Primary Academy Banbury · Good Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School Banbury · Good Cropredy Church of England Primary School Banbury · Requires improvement Culworth Church of England Primary Academy Banbury · Not judged Dashwood Banbury Academy Banbury · Good Deddington Church of England Primary School Banbury Frank Wise School Banbury · Outstanding Futures Institute Banbury Banbury · Good Greatworth Primary School Banbury · Not judged Hanwell Fields Community School Banbury · Not judged Hardwick Primary School and Nursery Banbury · Not judged Harriers Banbury Academy Banbury · Good Hill View Primary School Banbury · Good Hook Norton Church of England Primary School Banbury · Good Hornton Primary School Banbury · Good Kings Sutton Primary Academy Banbury · Good Longford Park Primary School Banbury Middleton Cheney Primary Academy Banbury Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School Banbury · Not judged North Oxfordshire Academy Banbury · Good Orchard Fields Community School Banbury · Good Queensway School Banbury · Good Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School Banbury · Good Sibford School Banbury St John's Catholic Primary School Banbury · Good St John's Priory School Banbury St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury Banbury · Not judged St Leonard's Church of England Primary School Banbury St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury Banbury · Good Swalcliffe Park School CIO Banbury · Outstanding The Grange Community Primary School Banbury · Good The Warriner School Banbury · Good Tudor Hall School Banbury William Morris Primary School Banbury · Outstanding Wroxton Church of England Primary School Banbury · Good Wykham Park Banbury · Good

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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