St Mary's Church of England Primary School, BanburyHill View Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury and Hill View Primary School are primary schools in Banbury.

  • St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Hill View Primary School scores 48 out of 100 (grade D, below average). St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury was judged Good and Hill View 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 47.0% for St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury and 56.0% for Hill View Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury (43.0% in 2022-23, 47.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Hill View Primary School (56.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury versus Hill View Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BanburySt Mary's Church of England Primary School, BanburyBanburyHill View Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC67/100Stronger figureD48/100
Local ranking48th of 236 in Oxfordshire Stronger figure179th of 236 in Oxfordshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll225 503
Capacity210 670
LocationBanbury, OX16 2EG Banbury, OX16 1DN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard47.0% 56.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard3.0% 7.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census225 503
Free school meals (ever 6)28.6% 29.5%
English as an additional language70.7% 30.6%
SEN support20.4% 24.6%
SEN with an EHC plan2.7% 4.6%
Attendance
Overall absence7.0% 7.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.3% 18.6% 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 Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury

Hill View Primary School

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