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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. 41 have a published Ofsted rating, and 33 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School Banbury · Good Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School Banbury · Good 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 · Good 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 · Outstanding Middleton Cheney Primary Academy Banbury · Good 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 · Good 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

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) Longford Park Primary School Outstanding · ×0.88 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)

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.

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	2027-10-31
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	2028-01-15
Sept 2028	Offer day	2028-03-01
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	2028-04-17
Sept 2027	Application deadline	2026-10-31
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	2027-01-15
Sept 2027	Offer day	2027-03-01
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	2027-04-16
Sept 2026	Application deadline	2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	2026-04-16 (passed)

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