Area guide · Oxfordshire
Living in Oxford with children
Oxford, Oxfordshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 170,799 people in 58,793 households; 27.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
73schools in Oxford
£478ktypical semi, 12 months
104crimes a year per 1,000 people
81%gigabit broadband
Schools
73 schools: 48 state primary, 8 state secondary, 2 sixth form or college, 15 privateOxford on the schools map →Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Oxfordshire 62%Ofsted
7St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School OxfordPrimary · Top 19% (43/231) · 75%School remains Good
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Oxfordshire 47.0Ofsted
Every school in Oxford, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (48)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolvercote Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 7% (16/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.724 miles (2026) |
| Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 13% (28/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.307 miles (2026) |
| St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 14% (32/231) in Oxfordshire | 1.821 miles (2026) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford | Standards maintained | Top 16% (36/231) in Oxfordshire | 5.541 miles (2026) |
| East Oxford Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 17% (39/231) in Oxfordshire | 3928.0 miles (2025) |
| Wheatley Church of England Primary School | Requires improvement | Top 19% (42/231) in Oxfordshire | 5.615 miles (2026) |
| St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford | School remains Good | Top 19% (43/231) in Oxfordshire | 5.661 miles (2026) |
| St Swithun's CofE Primary School | Good | Top 23% (53/231) in Oxfordshire | 17.122 miles (2025) |
| Windale Primary School | Good | Top 26% (59/231) in Oxfordshire | 2.839 miles (2026) |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City | School remains Good | Top 26% (60/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.509 miles (2026) |
| North Hinksey Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 29% (65/231) in Oxfordshire | 1.205 miles (2026) |
| Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 31% (70/231) in Oxfordshire | 2.284 miles (2026) |
| St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School | Good | Top 34% (77/231) in Oxfordshire | 1.919 miles (2026) |
| John Henry Newman Academy | School remains Good | Top 37% (84/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.479 miles (2026) |
| Stadhampton Primary School | School remains Good | Top 37% (85/231) in Oxfordshire | 1.688 miles (2026) |
| Garsington Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 39% (88/231) in Oxfordshire | 10584.0 miles (2026) |
| Wood Farm Primary School | Good | Top 39% (89/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.085 miles (2025) |
| New Marston Primary School | Good | Top 39% (90/231) in Oxfordshire | 3.029 miles (2026) |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford | School remains Good | Top 42% (97/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.886 miles (2026) |
| Bayards Hill School | Good | Top 43% (99/231) in Oxfordshire | 3.131 miles (2026) |
| Cumnor Church of England School (Voluntary Controlled) | School remains Good | Top 43% (99/231) in Oxfordshire | 6.034 miles (2025) |
| Horspath Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 45% (103/231) in Oxfordshire | 4.836 miles (2026) |
| Beckley Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 46% (105/231) in Oxfordshire | 3.083 miles (2026) |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore | Good | Top 50% (114/231) in Oxfordshire | 1.228 miles (2026) |
| Larkrise Primary School | Good | (117/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.568 miles (2026) |
| Great Milton Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | (123/231) in Oxfordshire | 4.754 miles (2025) |
| Pegasus School | Good | (127/231) in Oxfordshire | 1.582 miles (2026) |
| St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School | Good | (129/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.617 miles (2026) |
| Cutteslowe Primary School | Good | (135/231) in Oxfordshire | 726.371 miles (2026) |
| Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | (140/231) in Oxfordshire | 50.629 miles (2025) |
| Tyndale Community School | Standards maintained | (141/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.666 miles (2026) |
| West Oxford Community Primary School | School remains Good | (144/231) in Oxfordshire | 1.4 miles (2025) |
| William Fletcher Primary School | School remains Good | (146/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.414 miles (2025) |
| Windmill Primary School | Good | (148/231) in Oxfordshire | 18.896 miles (2026) |
| Sandhills Community Primary School | Good | (152/231) in Oxfordshire | 1.086 miles (2026) |
| St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School | Good | (153/231) in Oxfordshire | 2.27 miles (2025) |
| Orchard Meadow Primary School | Good | (161/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.556 miles (2026) |
| Barton Park Primary School | Good | (167/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.756 miles (2026) |
| St Francis Church of England Primary School | Good | (167/231) in Oxfordshire | 10.001 miles (2026) |
| St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School | School remains Good | (169/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.984 miles (2026) |
| St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley | Good | (174/231) in Oxfordshire | 2.352 miles (2026) |
| Botley School | Requires improvement | (175/231) in Oxfordshire | 3.86 miles (2026) |
| New Hinksey Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | (198/231) in Oxfordshire | 1.143 miles (2026) |
| Chalgrove Community Primary School | Standards maintained | (217/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.722 miles (2026) |
| Rose Hill Primary School | Requires improvement | (223/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.418 miles (2026) |
| St Frideswide Church of England Primary School | Good | (225/231) in Oxfordshire | 0.75 miles (2026) |
| Kirtlington Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | — | 3.815 miles (2026) |
| Little Milton Church of England Primary School | Good | — | 3.724 miles (2026) |
State secondary schools (8)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Swan School | Good | Top 5% (2/41) in Oxfordshire | 2.563 miles (2026) |
| The Cherwell School | Outstanding | Top 10% (4/41) in Oxfordshire | 1.182 miles (2026) |
| Wheatley Park School | School remains Good | Top 13% (5/41) in Oxfordshire | 3.051 miles (2026) |
| Matthew Arnold School | Good | Top 35% (14/41) in Oxfordshire | 1.592 miles (2026) |
| Oxford Spires Academy | Good | Top 37% (15/41) in Oxfordshire | 1.746 miles (2026) |
| Cheney School | School remains Good | Top 47% (19/41) in Oxfordshire | 2.161 miles (2026) |
| Greyfriars Catholic School | Good | (37/41) in Oxfordshire | 3.344 miles (2026) |
| The Oxford Academy | Ofsted report card | (40/41) in Oxfordshire | 8.09 miles (2026) |
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Activate Learning | Good | (33/36) in Oxfordshire | — |
| Ruskin College | Good | — | — |
Private schools (15)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magdalen College School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | 1st (1/20) in Oxfordshire | — |
| Oxford High School GDST | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 20% (4/20) in Oxfordshire | — |
| Headington School Oxford | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 35% (7/20) in Oxfordshire | — |
| d'Overbroeck's | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met | Top 40% (8/20) in Oxfordshire | — |
| St Edward's School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (11/20) in Oxfordshire | — |
| Kings Education (Oxford) | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (13/20) in Oxfordshire | — |
| Wychwood School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (18/20) in Oxfordshire | — |
| Cherwell College Oxford | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met | (19/20) in Oxfordshire | — |
| Chandlings Prep | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Dragon School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Emmanuel Christian School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| New College School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met | — | — |
| Oxford Montessori Schools | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| St Clare's, Oxford | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Summer Fields School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)Detached£935,000
Semi-detached£478,000
Terraced£456,000
Flat or maisonette£335,000
The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (94 detached, 340 semi-detached, 386 terraced, 256 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Oxford. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Oxford →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)1railway station within 2 km: Oxford Rail Station (0.5 miles)
129bus stops within 1 km of the town centre
Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 81% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 3,014 postcodes in OX4, OX2, OX3. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published prices51registered nurseries and pre-schools
£61 to £102a day, where 11 publish a day rate (the middle £96)
What Ofsted found: 10 outstanding; 31 good, or expected standard; 2 requires improvement; 8 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 51 in Oxfordshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Oxfordshire
The next dates for families applyingSecondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Reception applications open3 Nov 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027
Application deadlines and offer days: Oxfordshire.
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