Bardwell School
Special schoolBardwell School is a special school in Cherwell, for pupils aged 2 to 19. It had 121 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 24 March 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Cherwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 44.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 43.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 62.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 8 | – | – |
- Bardwell School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Glory Farm Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)90 m
- The Cooper SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 43.9 (2025/26, provisional)320 m
- Southwold Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
- Bure Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Longfields Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Brookside Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cherwell
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).