St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping NortonAcorns Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton and Acorns Primary School are primary schools.

  • St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Acorns Primary School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average). Acorns Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton was judged Good and Acorns 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 37.0% for St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton and 55.0% for Acorns Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton (41.0% in 2022-23, 37.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Acorns Primary School (64.0% in 2022-23, 55.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton versus Acorns Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Chipping NortonSt Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping NortonShipston-on-StourAcorns Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD49/100C60/100Stronger figure
Local ranking171st of 236 in Oxfordshire 68th of 185 in Warwickshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll181 103
Capacity345 105
LocationChipping Norton, OX7 5DH Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 5LA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard37.0% 55.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard7.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score101.0 109.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score97.0 102.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census181 103
Free school meals (ever 6)34.3% 18.2%
English as an additional language14.4% 3.9%
SEN support28.2% 20.4%
SEN with an EHC plan4.4% 5.8%
Attendance
Overall absence4.4% Stronger figure5.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence8.8% Stronger figure10.5% 15.8%

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 Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton

Acorns Primary School

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