Dashwood Banbury Academy

Academy sponsor ledPrimaryAges 2–11Mixed

Merton Street, Banbury, OX16 4RX

Headteacher · Mrs Sarah Gordon-Weeks

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 10 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils456Capacity 466

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 7 June 2023

TrustAspirations Academies Trust

Free school meals22.3%

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 7 June 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Oxfordshire council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 50 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered54

Applications105

First choice50

First-choice offers50

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).