St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury

Academy converterPrimaryAges 3–11MixedRoman Catholic

Fiennes Road, Banbury, OX16 0ET

Headteacher · Clare Smith

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 9 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils197Capacity 210

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 7 May 2025

TrustThe Pope Francis Catholic Multi Academy Company

Free school meals27.6%

Inspection on 7 May 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

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 11 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered11

Applications36

First choice11

First-choice offers11

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).