Hardwick Primary School and Nursery
Primary schoolHardwick Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Cherwell, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 249 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 September 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 EducationIn 2024/25, 70% of pupils at Hardwick Primary School and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Oxfordshire and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |
- 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.
- 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- Hill View Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- Hanwell Fields Community SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- North Oxfordshire AcademySecondary. School remains Good, November 2022. Attainment 8 of 47.7 (2025/26, provisional)840 m
- William Morris Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, July 2025. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BanburyPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, BanburyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2022. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 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).