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Brize Norton Primary School

Academy converter in Carterton, OX18 3PL, taking ages 5 to 11, 132 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Jul 2024
0.66 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
94% Full
50.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.66 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.66 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

Brize Norton Primary School: 0.66 miles, 2026/27 Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School: 1.29 miles, 2026/27, published by Oxfordshire

This is not a catchment area. 0.66 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Brize Norton Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2026/27, from Oxfordshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Oxfordshire, published admission distances, 2026/27

Where Brize Norton Primary School and Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School admitted from 1.29 miles in 2026/27, published by Oxfordshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.66 and 1.29 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Oxfordshire, 58 of 160 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (36.2%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Brize Norton Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Gateway Primary School Both in reach Primary 3.26 mi 2026/27 1.1 mi
Edith Moorhouse Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.67 mi 2026/27 1.6 mi
Windrush Church of England Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.69 mi 2026/27 2.2 mi
St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot Both in reach Primary 1.83 mi 2026/27 2.5 mi
Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.29 mi 2026/27 3.8 mi

The distance as a picture

Brize Norton Primary School catchment area map: the 0.66 mile admission distance, 2026/27
Drawn to scale from the published figure. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 132 pupils in 140 places (94% full)
TrustOXFORD DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST
Local authorityOxfordshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 21 July 2024
Meeting the expected standard 50.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 50.0%
2023/24 50.0%
2022/23 35.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Brize Norton Primary School

Girls and boys56.1% girls, 43.9% boys
English as an additional language3.0% of pupils
Free school meals7.6% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to Brize Norton Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Church, 0.1 mi away, with 1.3 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:26, last 19:11.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Church0.1 mi1.30.20.4233, 64, OX3
Church0.1 mi1.20.20.4233, 64
Sports Field0.4 mi0.20.00.064

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for Brize Norton Primary School?

Brize Norton Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2026/27 lived 0.66 miles away, per Oxfordshire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Brize Norton Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.66 miles was enough in 2026/27. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Brize Norton Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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