Bishopswood School

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

OxfordshireLocal Authority

Henley and ThameConstituency

RG4 9RHPostcode

0.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Bishopswood School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–16, 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 73 pupils. Bishopswood School is part of The Propeller Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

58%

Asian

16%

Black

Mixed

14%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

70%Boys

30%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

52%

England average

27%

First language not English

30%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 16
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 73
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: The Propeller Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
2 Feb 2022	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate

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.