Schools in Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire has 14 schools in the catchment.school database, including 10 primaries and 1 secondary. Seven of these schools hold a faith designation — a high proportion driven by the many Church of England village primaries across this Cotswold area. Admissions are managed by Oxfordshire County Council using a standard admissions code with distance and catchment-area criteria.
Chipping Norton School is the main 11–18 secondary serving the town and surrounding villages, drawing pupils from Chipping Norton itself and from outlying parishes such as Enstone, Great Tew and Bledington. Four area schools hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating. Families in the more rural parts of this extensive catchment should apply for their nearest school and confirm bus-route access to the secondary with Oxfordshire Council.
School demand in Chipping Norton
Across the 13 schools in Chipping Norton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 78%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
7 schools in Chipping Norton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
4 of the schools in Chipping Norton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Gloucestershire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
4 of the schools in Chipping Norton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Chipping Norton: 1 oversubscribed (10)
Bledington Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chipping Norton · OX7 6US
Enstone Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chipping Norton · OX7 4LP
Great Tew County Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chipping Norton · OX7 4DB
Chadlington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Chipping Norton · OX7 3LY
Wychwood Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Chipping Norton · OX7 6BD
Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Chipping Norton · OX7 5SA
St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Chipping Norton · OX7 5DH
Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton
Primary · Academy converter
Chipping Norton · OX7 5AX
Finstock Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Chipping Norton · OX7 3BN
Middle Barton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Chipping Norton · OX7 7BX
Secondary Schools in Chipping Norton (1)
Other Schools in Chipping Norton (3)
The ACE Centre Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Chipping Norton · OX7 5DZ
Kingham Hill School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Chipping Norton · OX7 6TH
Windrush Valley School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Chipping Norton · OX7 6AN
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Chipping Norton are set by Gloucestershire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.