Oxfordshire school admissions

For a September 2027 start, secondary applications close on 31 Oct 2026 and primary applications on 15 Jan 2027. Always confirm details on the council's own admissions page.

How to apply

Apply online through the council where you live, naming several schools in order of preference — including schools in other council areas. Every preference is considered equally against each school's admission criteria, and you're offered the highest-ranked school that can offer you a place.

Oxfordshire admissions page GOV.UK: School admissions

Council link checked 6 Nov 2026.

Key dates for September 2027

Secondary applications close	31 Oct 2026	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Primary (reception) applications close	15 Jan 2027	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Secondary national offer day	1 Mar 2027	1 March or next working day
Primary national offer day	16 Apr 2027	16 April or next working day

Appeals

The council hasn't published a single appeal date we've confirmed. By law you must have at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter.

Counting school days from Oxfordshire's term dates, 20 school days after offer day is 13 Apr 2027 (secondary) and 17 May 2027 (primary) — the earliest any deadline can be.

Source: School Admissions Code and School Admission Appeals Code (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Applications and offers by school, 2026/27

Catchment areas and admission decisions are made by the school's admissions authority (the local council or, for academies and many faith schools, the school or trust). Distances and past figures don't guarantee a place.

Secondary schools (39)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Aureus School	142	478	148	131	3.4 per offer
Bartholomew School	207	556	202	190	2.7 per offer
Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form	172	430	186	153	2.5 per offer
Burford School	226	500	245	220	2.2 per offer
Carterton Community College	107	167	101	101	1.6 per offer
Cheney School	260	659	228	221	2.5 per offer
Chipping Norton School	179	331	180	163	1.8 per offer
Didcot Girls' School	263	471	280	249	1.8 per offer
Faringdon Community College	174	233	165	165	1.3 per offer
Fitzharrys School	167	511	251	162	3.1 per offer
Gillotts School	173	477	222	162	2.8 per offer
Gosford Hill School	110	192	95	95	1.7 per offer
Greyfriars Catholic School	96	218	71	71	2.3 per offer
Heyford Park School	36	166	43	28	4.6 per offer
Icknield Community College	180	321	158	156	1.8 per offer
John Mason School	180	413	65	65	2.3 per offer
King Alfred's	222	357	167	167	1.6 per offer
Langtree School	109	402	151	103	3.7 per offer
Larkmead School	164	517	191	134	3.2 per offer
Lord Williams's School	301	515	279	278	1.7 per offer
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge	79	200	16	16	2.5 per offer
Matthew Arnold School	192	362	141	141	1.9 per offer
North Oxfordshire Academy	171	441	219	166	2.6 per offer
Oxford Spires Academy	213	509	210	193	2.4 per offer
St Birinus School	235	341	196	196	1.5 per offer
St Johns CofE Academy	102	273	148	101	2.7 per offer
The Bicester School	233	385	184	184	1.7 per offer
The Cherwell School	243	965	396	242	4.0 per offer
The Cooper School	184	271	120	120	1.5 per offer
The Henry Box School	105	248	93	93	2.4 per offer
The Marlborough Church of England School	193	406	194	186	2.1 per offer
The Oxford Academy	138	168	92	92	1.2 per offer
The Swan School	175	765	165	118	4.4 per offer
The Warriner School	263	600	262	226	2.3 per offer
Wallingford School	226	518	290	219	2.3 per offer
Wheatley Park School	176	397	168	160	2.3 per offer
Whitelands Academy	104	316	145	98	3.0 per offer
Wood Green School	218	368	217	210	1.7 per offer
Wykham Park	165	264	74	74	1.6 per offer

Primary schools (245)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Abbey Woods Academy	8	11	8	8	1.4 per offer
All Saints Church of England Primary School	43	101	38	38	2.3 per offer
Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School	11	55	9	9	5.0 per offer
Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary School	4	20	4	4	5.0 per offer
Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School	27	53	37	27	2.0 per offer
Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School	15	80	17	15	5.3 per offer
Aureus Primary School	56	215	78	55	3.8 per offer
Badgemore Primary School	17	49	15	15	2.9 per offer
Bampton CofE Primary School	30	52	24	24	1.7 per offer
Barley Hill Primary School	46	114	43	43	2.5 per offer
Barton Park Primary School	26	50	26	26	1.9 per offer
Bayards Hill School	19	39	19	19	2.1 per offer
Beckley Church of England Primary School	5	11	4	4	2.2 per offer
Benson Church of England Primary School	43	75	36	36	1.7 per offer
Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School	15	40	11	11	2.7 per offer
Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School	60	180	65	59	3.0 per offer
Bladon Church of England Primary School	10	59	8	8	5.9 per offer
Bletchingdon Parochial Church of England Primary School	5	19	5	5	3.8 per offer
Blewbury Church of England Primary School	22	37	19	19	1.7 per offer
Bloxham Church of England Primary School	24	41	22	22	1.7 per offer
Botley School	14	37	13	13	2.6 per offer
Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School	22	57	21	21	2.6 per offer
Brize Norton Primary School	19	97	26	18	5.1 per offer
Brookside Primary School	28	102	27	27	3.6 per offer
Buckland Church of England Primary School	15	60	16	14	4.0 per offer
Bure Park Primary School	59	151	58	58	2.6 per offer
Burford Primary School	17	41	17	17	2.4 per offer
Caldecott Primary School	44	87	42	42	2.0 per offer
Carswell Community Primary School	30	79	29	29	2.6 per offer
Carterton Primary School	22	50	21	21	2.3 per offer
Chadlington Church of England Primary School	15	45	16	15	3.0 per offer
Chalgrove Community Primary School	30	49	34	30	1.6 per offer
Charlbury Primary School	11	37	11	11	3.4 per offer
Charlton Primary School	57	161	52	52	2.8 per offer
Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary School	13	27	12	12	2.1 per offer
Checkendon Church of England (A) Primary School	14	35	13	13	2.5 per offer
Cherry Fields Primary School	30	112	39	30	3.7 per offer
Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	29	91	25	25	3.1 per offer
Chilton County Primary School	33	85	28	28	2.6 per offer
Cholsey Primary School	51	80	50	50	1.6 per offer
Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School	30	82	30	29	2.7 per offer
Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School	60	125	70	60	2.1 per offer
Clanfield CofE Primary School	15	39	14	13	2.6 per offer
Clifton Hampden Church of England Primary School	4	28	2	2	7.0 per offer
Combe CofE Primary School	17	68	28	17	4.0 per offer
Cropredy Church of England Primary School	33	47	30	30	1.4 per offer
Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School	28	125	37	28	4.5 per offer
Cumnor Church of England School (Voluntary Controlled)	28	57	28	28	2.0 per offer
Cutteslowe Primary School	23	61	22	22	2.7 per offer
Dashwood Banbury Academy	54	105	50	50	1.9 per offer
Deddington Church of England Primary School	29	72	34	29	2.5 per offer
Didcot Primary Academy	58	224	83	56	3.9 per offer
Dorchester St Birinus Church of England School	9	29	9	9	3.2 per offer
Dr Radcliffe's Church of England Primary School	30	72	33	30	2.4 per offer
Dr South's Church of England Primary School	16	32	17	16	2.0 per offer
Drayton Community Primary School	29	74	33	29	2.6 per offer
Dry Sandford Primary School	7	28	7	7	4.0 per offer
Ducklington Primary School	19	58	19	19	3.1 per offer
Dunmore Primary School	40	130	40	40	3.3 per offer
East Oxford Primary School	24	62	21	21	2.6 per offer
Edith Moorhouse Primary School	44	114	46	40	2.6 per offer
Edward Feild Primary School	27	72	26	26	2.7 per offer
Enstone Primary School	18	44	18	18	2.4 per offer
Europa School UK	90	189	114	90	2.1 per offer
Ewelme CofE Primary School	13	63	15	11	4.8 per offer
Eynsham Community Primary School	46	64	46	46	1.4 per offer
Finmere Church of England Primary School	10	24	8	8	2.4 per offer
Finstock Church of England Primary School	6	19	5	5	3.2 per offer
Fir Tree Primary School	22	66	22	22	3.0 per offer
Five Acres Primary School	34	48	33	33	1.4 per offer
Folly View Primary	58	86	45	45	1.5 per offer
Freeland Church of England Primary School	10	75	9	9	7.5 per offer
Fringford Church of England Primary School	15	29	14	14	1.9 per offer
Fritwell Church of England Primary School	29	62	27	27	2.1 per offer
Gagle Brook Primary School	18	54	18	18	3.0 per offer
Garsington Church of England Primary School	28	59	27	27	2.1 per offer
Gateway Primary School	44	101	48	44	2.3 per offer
Glory Farm Primary School	39	77	39	39	2.0 per offer
Goring Church of England Aided Primary School	20	42	20	20	2.1 per offer
Graven Hill Primary School	33	99	33	33	3.0 per offer
Great Milton Church of England Primary School	25	50	21	21	2.0 per offer
Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School	10	48	10	10	4.8 per offer
Great Tew County Primary School	15	52	17	15	3.5 per offer
Grove Church of England School	9	65	7	7	7.2 per offer
Hagbourne Church of England Primary School	30	98	37	27	3.3 per offer
Hailey Church of England Primary School	13	25	11	11	1.9 per offer
Hanborough Manor CofE School	34	69	29	29	2.0 per offer
Hanwell Fields Community School	59	140	65	57	2.4 per offer
Hardwick Primary School and Nursery	28	107	34	28	3.8 per offer
Harriers Banbury Academy	37	106	36	36	2.9 per offer
Harwell Primary School	30	108	28	27	3.6 per offer
Heyford Park School	50	72	49	49	1.4 per offer
Hill View Primary School	45	102	39	39	2.3 per offer
Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton	25	44	24	24	1.8 per offer
Hook Norton Church of England Primary School	27	50	25	25	1.9 per offer
Hornton Primary School	11	24	10	10	2.2 per offer
Horspath Church of England Primary School	20	53	20	19	2.7 per offer
John Blandy Primary School	43	66	42	42	1.5 per offer
John Hampden Primary School	60	135	63	60	2.3 per offer
John Henry Newman Academy	51	78	41	41	1.5 per offer
Kidmore End Church of England Primary School	21	49	17	17	2.3 per offer
King's Meadow Primary School	51	132	43	43	2.6 per offer
Kingham Primary School	29	71	29	28	2.4 per offer
Kirtlington Church of England Primary School	15	43	15	15	2.9 per offer
Ladygrove Park Primary School	56	134	44	44	2.4 per offer
Langford Village Community Primary School	45	101	45	45	2.2 per offer
Larkrise Primary School	59	157	67	57	2.7 per offer
Launton Church of England Primary School	13	45	13	13	3.5 per offer
Leafield Church of England Primary School	13	35	13	13	2.7 per offer
Lewknor Church of England Primary School	12	56	11	11	4.7 per offer
Little Milton Church of England Primary School	5	29	3	3	5.8 per offer
Long Furlong Primary School	25	89	25	25	3.6 per offer
Long Wittenham (Church of England) Primary School	11	22	11	11	2.0 per offer
Longcot and Fernham Church of England Primary School	20	80	32	20	4.0 per offer
Longfields Primary and Nursery School	33	80	33	33	2.4 per offer
Longford Park Primary School	60	140	53	53	2.3 per offer
Longworth Primary School	9	42	9	9	4.7 per offer
Madley Brook Community Primary School	30	58	31	30	1.9 per offer
Manor Primary School	28	112	15	15	4.0 per offer
Marcham Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School	30	53	33	30	1.8 per offer
Marsh Baldon CofE Primary School	10	22	9	9	2.2 per offer
Middle Barton Primary School	15	34	14	14	2.3 per offer
Mill Lane Community Primary School	28	96	28	26	3.4 per offer
Millbrook Primary School	58	136	62	57	2.3 per offer
Nettlebed Community School	20	45	24	18	2.3 per offer
New Hinksey Church of England Primary School	14	53	13	12	3.8 per offer
New Marston Primary School	21	85	20	20	4.0 per offer
North Hinksey Church of England Primary School	23	56	23	23	2.4 per offer
North Kidlington Primary School	29	74	30	29	2.6 per offer
North Leigh Church of England School	24	56	22	22	2.3 per offer
Northbourne Church of England Primary School	34	77	27	27	2.3 per offer
Orchard Fields Community School	41	78	40	40	1.9 per offer
Orchard Meadow Primary School	20	54	19	19	2.7 per offer
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney	25	60	24	24	2.4 per offer
Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School	26	85	25	25	3.3 per offer
Pegasus School	59	85	58	58	1.4 per offer
Peppard Church of England Primary School	14	42	9	9	3.0 per offer
Queen Emma's Primary School	20	51	18	18	2.6 per offer
Queensway School	60	130	54	54	2.2 per offer
Radley Church of England Primary School	29	60	25	25	2.1 per offer
RAF Benson Community Primary School	17	23	16	16	1.4 per offer
Rose Hill Primary School	29	52	28	27	1.8 per offer
Rush Common School	56	137	52	52	2.4 per offer
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Henley-on-Thames	9	30	9	9	3.3 per offer
Sandhills Community Primary School	15	37	15	15	2.5 per offer
Shellingford Church of England (Voluntary Aided) School	15	57	8	8	3.8 per offer
Shenington Church of England Primary School	11	20	11	11	1.8 per offer
Shiplake Church of England School	27	61	23	23	2.3 per offer
Shrivenham Church of England School	37	64	34	34	1.7 per offer
Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School	13	34	13	13	2.6 per offer
Sires Hill Primary Academy	29	111	37	29	3.8 per offer
Sonning Common Primary School	29	56	35	29	1.9 per offer
South Moreton Primary School	13	44	11	11	3.4 per offer
South Stoke Primary School	1	17	1	1	17.0 per offer
Southwold Primary School	36	98	36	36	2.7 per offer
St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School	11	68	10	10	6.2 per offer
St Amand's Catholic Primary School	19	39	17	17	2.1 per offer
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor	60	100	59	58	1.7 per offer
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford	28	143	33	28	5.1 per offer
St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School	10	64	9	9	6.4 per offer
St Blaise CofE Primary School	30	55	28	28	1.8 per offer
St Christopher's Church of England School	22	34	17	15	1.5 per offer
St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley	24	71	22	22	3.0 per offer
St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School	29	90	34	29	3.1 per offer
St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School	87	164	107	87	1.9 per offer
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School	13	40	12	12	3.1 per offer
St Francis Church of England Primary School	19	49	19	19	2.6 per offer
St Frideswide Church of England Primary School	27	67	25	25	2.5 per offer
St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney	24	51	21	21	2.1 per offer
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore	30	100	31	29	3.3 per offer
St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School	57	122	47	47	2.1 per offer
St John's Catholic Primary School	31	72	30	30	2.3 per offer
St John's Primary School	28	99	27	27	3.5 per offer
St Johns CofE Academy	52	150	46	46	2.9 per offer
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury	11	36	11	11	3.3 per offer
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton	5	34	4	4	6.8 per offer
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford	51	162	47	47	3.2 per offer
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame	24	57	18	18	2.4 per offer
St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School	20	32	18	18	1.6 per offer
St Laurence Church of England School	15	50	17	14	3.3 per offer
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School	45	82	46	45	1.8 per offer
St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School	61	159	64	57	2.6 per offer
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester	33	95	28	28	2.9 per offer
St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton	13	23	13	13	1.8 per offer
St Mary's Church of England Infant School	22	97	22	22	4.4 per offer
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury	26	76	23	23	2.9 per offer
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City	31	86	38	31	2.8 per offer
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Steventon Village	28	70	27	27	2.5 per offer
St Nicholas CofE Primary School	15	33	17	15	2.2 per offer
St Nicholas CofE Primary School , Wallingford	26	91	23	23	3.5 per offer
St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School	33	95	32	32	2.9 per offer
St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon	59	140	58	58	2.4 per offer
St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Cassington	8	32	8	8	4.0 per offer
St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot	14	52	20	14	3.7 per offer
St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford	54	118	48	48	2.2 per offer
St Swithun's CofE Primary School	57	87	56	56	1.5 per offer
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington	27	59	27	27	2.2 per offer
Stadhampton Primary School	12	50	9	9	4.2 per offer
Standlake Church of England Primary School	10	35	9	9	3.5 per offer
Stanford In the Vale CofE Primary School	30	61	39	30	2.0 per offer
Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School	15	29	14	14	1.9 per offer
Stephen Freeman Primary School	57	151	43	43	2.6 per offer
Stockham Primary School	28	100	26	26	3.6 per offer
Stoke Row CofE Primary School	8	28	8	8	3.5 per offer
Stonesfield Primary School	14	21	11	11	1.5 per offer
Sunningwell Church of England Primary School	15	43	16	15	2.9 per offer
Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary School	20	54	16	16	2.7 per offer
Tackley Church of England Primary School	7	26	7	7	3.7 per offer
Tetsworth Primary School	8	18	8	8	2.3 per offer
Thameside Primary School	20	47	20	20	2.4 per offer
The Batt Church of England Primary School	4	50	4	4	12.5 per offer
The Blake Church of England Primary School	26	71	26	26	2.7 per offer
The Elms Primary School	27	81	34	25	3.0 per offer
The Grange Community Primary School	43	152	42	42	3.5 per offer
The Hendreds Church of England School	18	53	21	18	2.9 per offer
The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School	12	30	10	10	2.5 per offer
Thomas Reade Primary School	21	104	20	20	5.0 per offer
Tower Hill Community Primary School	16	33	16	16	2.1 per offer
Trinity Church of England Primary School	35	78	30	30	2.2 per offer
Tyndale Community School	24	87	21	21	3.6 per offer
Uffington Church of England Primary School	10	29	5	5	2.9 per offer
Valley Road School	30	77	40	29	2.6 per offer
Wantage Church of England Primary School	45	102	43	43	2.3 per offer
Wantage Primary Academy	61	162	75	61	2.7 per offer
Watchfield Primary School	14	37	13	13	2.6 per offer
Watlington Primary School	30	51	29	28	1.7 per offer
West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School	27	75	27	27	2.8 per offer
West Oxford Community Primary School	26	67	26	26	2.6 per offer
West Witney Primary School & Nursery	60	141	57	57	2.4 per offer
Wheatley Church of England Primary School	22	49	22	22	2.2 per offer
Whitchurch Primary School	16	35	16	16	2.2 per offer
William Fletcher Primary School	26	49	26	26	1.9 per offer
William Morris Primary School	30	107	39	27	3.6 per offer
Willowcroft Community School	58	116	60	56	2.0 per offer
Windale Primary School	20	39	20	20	2.0 per offer
Windmill Primary School	79	212	75	75	2.7 per offer
Windrush Church of England Primary School	44	96	46	44	2.2 per offer
Witney Community Primary School	28	68	36	28	2.4 per offer
Wolvercote Primary School	45	103	50	45	2.3 per offer
Wood Farm Primary School	58	114	57	57	2.0 per offer
Woodcote Primary School	21	36	21	21	1.7 per offer
Woodstock Church of England Primary School	55	96	53	53	1.7 per offer
Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary School	11	23	10	10	2.1 per offer
Wroxton Church of England Primary School	5	35	4	4	7.0 per offer
Wychwood Church of England Primary School	28	46	27	27	1.6 per offer

Source: DfE secondary and primary school applications and offers (Open Government Licence v3.0).

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Questions

When is the Oxfordshire secondary school application deadline?

31 October for a September start, set nationally by the School Admissions Code. Late applications are usually considered only after on-time ones.

How long do I have to appeal?

Admission authorities must give you at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter (usually offer day). Many councils publish a specific date — use the council's date where shown.

Does this page tell me my chance of getting a place?

No. Places depend on each school's oversubscription criteria, which change every year. Only the admissions authority decides.