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Bardwell School

Hendon Place, Sunderland Drive, Bicester, OX26 4RZ

THE GALLERY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance94.2%
Attainment0% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsNot published
Pupils75

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Still judged Good — latest visit raised some concerns (see full report).

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (7 Mar 2012).

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in OX26. Where we have them, council (Cherwell) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
75
Free school meals
25%
11% above district average (14%)

Also: England 49.2%

SEN
100%
74.3% above district average (25.7%)

Also: England 99.9%

EAL
11.9%
6.3% below district average (18.2%)
Attendance
94.2%
1.8% below district average (96%)

Also: England 87.2%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the OX26 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2023/24: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

15.4%

19.8% below England (35.2%)

KS2 expected standard2023/24

0%

61% below England (61%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 94.2%
    2020/21
  • 89.7%
    2021/22
  • 90.5%
    2022/23
  • 90.2%
    2023/24
  • 91.6%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 0%
    2022/23
  • 0%
    2023/24

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
83
Pupils on roll
75

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Oxfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · SLD, PMLD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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  • Methodology · Data updates