Contested schools in Oxfordshire
These are the Oxfordshire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Oxfordshire
Secondary schools (22)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cherwell School | 243 | 396 | 1.63 |
| Fitzharrys School | 167 | 251 | 1.50 |
| St Johns CofE Academy | 102 | 148 | 1.45 |
| Langtree School | 109 | 151 | 1.39 |
| Whitelands Academy | 104 | 145 | 1.39 |
| Gillotts School | 173 | 222 | 1.28 |
| North Oxfordshire Academy | 171 | 219 | 1.28 |
| Wallingford School | 226 | 290 | 1.28 |
| Heyford Park School | 36 | 43 | 1.19 |
| Larkmead School | 164 | 191 | 1.16 |
| Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form | 172 | 186 | 1.08 |
| Burford School | 226 | 245 | 1.08 |
| Didcot Girls' School | 263 | 280 | 1.06 |
| Aureus School | 142 | 148 | 1.04 |
| Chipping Norton School | 179 | 180 | 1.01 |
| The Marlborough Church of England School | 193 | 194 | 1.01 |
| The Warriner School | 263 | 262 | 1 |
| Oxford Spires Academy | 213 | 210 | 0.99 |
| Bartholomew School | 207 | 202 | 0.98 |
| Wheatley Park School | 176 | 168 | 0.95 |
| The Swan School | 175 | 165 | 0.94 |
| St Birinus School | 235 | 196 | 0.83 |
Primary schools (99)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combe CofE Primary School | 17 | 28 | 1.65 |
| Longcot and Fernham Church of England Primary School | 20 | 32 | 1.60 |
| Didcot Primary Academy | 58 | 83 | 1.43 |
| St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot | 14 | 20 | 1.43 |
| Aureus Primary School | 56 | 78 | 1.39 |
| Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School | 27 | 37 | 1.37 |
| Brize Norton Primary School | 19 | 26 | 1.37 |
| Valley Road School | 30 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School | 28 | 37 | 1.32 |
| Cherry Fields Primary School | 30 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Stanford In the Vale CofE Primary School | 30 | 39 | 1.30 |
| William Morris Primary School | 30 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Witney Community Primary School | 28 | 36 | 1.29 |
| Sires Hill Primary Academy | 29 | 37 | 1.28 |
| Europa School UK | 90 | 114 | 1.27 |
| The Elms Primary School | 27 | 34 | 1.26 |
| Hagbourne Church of England Primary School | 30 | 37 | 1.23 |
| St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School | 87 | 107 | 1.23 |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City | 31 | 38 | 1.23 |
| Wantage Primary Academy | 61 | 75 | 1.23 |
| Hardwick Primary School and Nursery | 28 | 34 | 1.21 |
| Sonning Common Primary School | 29 | 35 | 1.21 |
| Nettlebed Community School | 20 | 24 | 1.20 |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford | 28 | 33 | 1.18 |
| Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School | 60 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Deddington Church of England Primary School | 29 | 34 | 1.17 |
| St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School | 29 | 34 | 1.17 |
| The Hendreds Church of England School | 18 | 21 | 1.17 |
| Ewelme CofE Primary School | 13 | 15 | — |
| Drayton Community Primary School | 29 | 33 | 1.14 |
| Larkrise Primary School | 59 | 67 | 1.14 |
| Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School | 15 | 17 | — |
| Chalgrove Community Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Great Tew County Primary School | 15 | 17 | — |
| St Laurence Church of England School | 15 | 17 | — |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School | 15 | 17 | — |
| Wolvercote Primary School | 45 | 50 | 1.11 |
| Dr Radcliffe's Church of England Primary School | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Hanwell Fields Community School | 59 | 65 | 1.10 |
| Marcham Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Gateway Primary School | 44 | 48 | 1.09 |
| Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School | 60 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Buckland Church of England Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Chadlington Church of England Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Millbrook Primary School | 58 | 62 | 1.07 |
| Sunningwell Church of England Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Dr South's Church of England Primary School | 16 | 17 | — |
| Edith Moorhouse Primary School | 44 | 46 | 1.05 |
| John Hampden Primary School | 60 | 63 | 1.05 |
| St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School | 61 | 64 | 1.05 |
| Windrush Church of England Primary School | 44 | 46 | 1.05 |
| Madley Brook Community Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| North Kidlington Primary School | 29 | 30 | 1.03 |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Willowcroft Community School | 58 | 60 | 1.03 |
| St Leonard's Church of England Primary School | 45 | 46 | 1.02 |
| Barton Park Primary School | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| Burford Primary School | 17 | 17 | — |
| Cumnor Church of England School (Voluntary Controlled) | 28 | 28 | 1 |
| Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School | 10 | 10 | — |
| Horspath Church of England Primary School | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| Kingham Primary School | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Kirtlington Church of England Primary School | 15 | 15 | — |
| Longworth Primary School | 9 | 9 | — |
| Mill Lane Community Primary School | 28 | 28 | 1 |
| Shenington Church of England Primary School | 11 | 11 | — |
| West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School | 27 | 27 | 1 |
| West Oxford Community Primary School | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| Whitchurch Primary School | 16 | 16 | — |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor | 60 | 59 | 0.98 |
| The Grange Community Primary School | 43 | 42 | 0.98 |
| Watlington Primary School | 30 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton | 25 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Caldecott Primary School | 44 | 42 | 0.95 |
| New Marston Primary School | 21 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Thomas Reade Primary School | 21 | 20 | 0.95 |
| West Witney Primary School & Nursery | 60 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Windmill Primary School | 79 | 75 | 0.95 |
| Checkendon Church of England (A) Primary School | 14 | 13 | — |
| Clanfield CofE Primary School | 15 | 14 | — |
| Harwell Primary School | 30 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Rush Common School | 56 | 52 | 0.93 |
| Stockham Primary School | 28 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary School | 13 | 12 | — |
| Shrivenham Church of England School | 37 | 34 | 0.92 |
| Hornton Primary School | 11 | 10 | — |
| Queensway School | 60 | 54 | 0.90 |
| St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School | 20 | 18 | — |
| St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford | 54 | 48 | 0.89 |
| Longford Park Primary School | 60 | 53 | 0.88 |
| Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 29 | 25 | 0.86 |
| Chilton County Primary School | 33 | 28 | 0.85 |
| Benson Church of England Primary School | 43 | 36 | 0.84 |
| St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School | 57 | 47 | 0.82 |
| Bladon Church of England Primary School | 10 | 8 | — |
| Ladygrove Park Primary School | 56 | 44 | 0.79 |
| Stadhampton Primary School | 12 | 9 | — |
| Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School | 15 | 11 | — |
| Manor Primary School | 28 | 15 | — |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.