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LVS Oxford[1]

Special · ages 11–20

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
21.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
7.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 14.5[4] 18.2%[4]
2023/24 12.9[5] 0%[5]
2022/23 11.1[6] 0%[6]
2021/22 8.8[7] 6%[7]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[8]

ISI inspection

Inspection
September 2025[9]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[9]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[9]
Quality of education
Standards met[9]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[9]
Social and economic education
Standards met[9]
Safeguarding
Standards met[9]

Quality of education

  • ISI recommended: The school should improve career advice for younger students to help them learn about different jobs and work opportunities.

Health and wellbeing

  • ISI recommended: The school should offer a wider range of sports through PE to help pupils develop broader sporting skills.
  • ISI recommended: The school should ensure parents and external agencies have access to the required information, including about complaints.

Previous ISI inspections: 2026, 2022 (2026 report, 2022 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent special school[1]
Ages
11–20[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
120[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
www.lvs-oxford.org.uk[1]
Special classes
Has Special Classes[8]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[8]
District
Cherwell[10]
Postcode
OX5 1RX[1]
URN
141208[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
62 2024/25[11]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[11]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, LVS Oxford, September 2025. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  10. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.