Rush Common School

State-Funded School

rush-common-school-oxfordshire-south-east

South EastRegion

OxfordshireLocal Authority

Oxford West and AbingdonConstituency

OX14 2AWPostcode

8.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Rush Common School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Oxfordshire, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 417 pupils. Rush Common School is part of Abingdon Learning Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · published 1 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 74%
Higher standard: 26%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 109

Ethnicity

White

79%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

417

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 417
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: Abingdon Learning Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 17 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
1 Feb 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.