Frank Wise School

State-Funded School

frank-wise-school-oxfordshire-south-east

South EastRegion

OxfordshireLocal Authority

BanburyConstituency

OX16 9RLPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 119 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

79%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

119

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

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: Less deprived
Total pupils: 119
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
26 Mar 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.