Southwold Primary School

State-Funded School

southwold-primary-school-oxfordshire-south-east

South EastRegion

OxfordshireLocal Authority

Bicester and WoodstockConstituency

OX26 3UUPostcode

6.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 315 pupils. Southwold Primary School is part of The White Horse Federation.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 63%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

Black

Mixed

12%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

315

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

13%

England average

27%

First language not English

28%

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: 315
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: The White Horse Federation

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025. 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
3 Mar 2019	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.