Special academy · Oxfordshire
Bishopswood School
- Special
- Ages 2–16
Term dates
Special academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Oxfordshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places at special schools are usually arranged through an education, health and care (EHC) plan, agreed with the council.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 18 November 2025. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- 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
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 16 November 2021. Overall: Inadequate It was inspected as Bishopswood School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Special academy
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- 2–16
- Pupils
- 73 (capacity 72)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- THE PROPELLER ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01189724311
- Address
- Grove Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RH
- Website
- bishopswoodschool.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.