St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BanburyBishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Banbury.

Summary of the comparison

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury and Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Banbury.

  • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury was judged the expected standard and Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 50.0% for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury and 43.0% for Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury (68.0% in 2022-23, 50.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School (69.0% in 2022-23, 43.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury versus Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BanburySt Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BanburyBanburyBishop Carpenter Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC64/100Stronger figureC55/100
Local ranking69th of 236 in Oxfordshire Stronger figure135th of 236 in Oxfordshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll210 99
Capacity210 112
LocationBanbury, OX16 0ET Banbury, OX15 6AQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard50.0% Stronger figure43.0% 62.0%
At higher standard8.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure100.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census210 99
Free school meals (ever 6)28.3% 8.1%
English as an additional language38.6% 3.0%
SEN support16.7% 12.1%
SEN with an EHC plan3.3% 1.0%
Attendance
Overall absence6.9% 3.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence16.7% 4.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury

Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School

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