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Hardwick Primary School and Nursery[1]

Primary · ages 2–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 70% 70% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
70% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
3% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
105 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
101 2024/25[2]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 53%[3] 3%[3] 103[3] 102[3]
2022/23 68%[4] 11%[4] 104[4] 104[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
24 Sep 2024[5]
Type
S5 Inspection[5]
Report published
23 Oct 2024[5]
Personal development
Good[5]
Quality of education
Good[5]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[5]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[5]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[5]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[5]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
6 Jun 2023[6] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[6] No overall grade[6]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
3.8 Entry Sept 2026[7]
Applications (any preference)
107 Entry Sept 2026[7]
First preferences
34 Entry Sept 2026[7]
Places offered
28 Entry Sept 2026[7]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[7]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 115[7] 41[7] 29[7] 4.0[7] 1.4[7]
Entry Sept 2024 96[7] 22[7] 27[7] 3.6[7] 0.8[7]
Entry Sept 2023 114[7] 40[7] 30[7] 3.8[7] 1.3[7]
Entry Sept 2022 75[7] 35[7] 30[7] 2.5[7] 1.2[7]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
2–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
210[1]
Trust
GLF SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.hardwickschool.org[1]
District
Cherwell[8]
Postcode
OX16 1XE[1]
URN
146810[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
255 2024/25[9]
English as an additional language
26.7% 2024/25[9]
SEN support
16.5% 2024/25[9]
EHC plan
5.9% 2024/25[9]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.4% 2024/25[9]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
77.9%[10]
Mixed
5.6%[10]
Asian
12.4%[10]
Black
3.2%[10]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[10]
Unclassified
0.4%[10]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

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: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. 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.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.