Southwold Primary School
Holm Way, Bicester, OX26 3UU
315 pupils · 75% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (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 26 March 2025, published 5 May 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 | 60% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 13% |
“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 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 36 | 36 | 98 | 36 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 34 | 34 | 94 | 34 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 41 | 41 | 110 | 41 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 44 | 41 | 116 | 44 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 41 | 41 | 83 | 41 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 44 | 42 | 86 | 44 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 37 | 37 | 64 | 37 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 29 | 29 | 51 | 29 |
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
- Bure Park Primary School 0.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Glory Farm Primary School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Gagle Brook Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Brookside Primary School 1.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Longfields Primary and Nursery School 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester 1.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · 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.