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Hardwick Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Ferriston, Hardwick School, Banbury OX16 1XE · hardwickschool.org · 01295 258355
On the mapSearch near OX16 1XE
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Oxfordshire 62%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.43 mi
- 0.69 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Oxfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 249
- 39 over 210 places · 119%
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21%
- First language not English
- 31.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Glf Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.43 mi (687 m) from the school. Source: Oxfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 34 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 82% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 28 | 34 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 40 | 1.3▲ | 75% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 86% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.43 mi0.69 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Oxfordshire it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 122999)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hardwick Primary School and Nursery on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Sept 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jun 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 122999), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122999)
Sept 2010Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122999)
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Replies
- 27
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied