Bardwell School

State-Funded School

bardwell-school-oxfordshire-south-east

South EastRegion

OxfordshireLocal Authority

Bicester and WoodstockConstituency

OX26 4RZPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Bardwell School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Oxfordshire, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 121 pupils. Bardwell School is part of THE GALLERY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 18 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

121

Total Pupils

69%Boys

31%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 121
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: THE GALLERY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Concerns)

Ungraded inspection on 2 November 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
29 Mar 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.