Bayards Hill School

Bayards Hill School has made significant progress since its previous inspection, moving from a 'Requires Improvement' to a 'Good' rating. The school has established a calm and supportive environment for pupils, underpinned by strong values of respect, responsibility, and resilience. This has resulted in motivated students who feel safe and are actively involved in the school community. Leaders have effectively improved the curriculum and are focusing on developing teachers' subject knowledge to enhance student learning.

Strengths

• Strong leadership has created a positive and safe environment for learning.
• High standards of behaviour are embedded throughout the school.
• Teachers build positive relationships and support students well.
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum tailored to the needs of all students.
• Effective support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• A wide range of extracurricular clubs encourages student engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment practices do not consistently identify gaps in pupils' knowledge.
• High levels of pupil absence are impacting learning outcomes.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bayards Hill School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Bayards Hill School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bayards Hill School had 17.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.1% of pupils at Bayards Hill School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Bayards Hill School received £9,461 and spent £9,083 for each of its 225 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £510,000 (£2,268 per pupil).

Across all 30 schools of River Learning Trust, income was £8,007 and spending £7,763 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Bayards Hill School is part of River Learning Trust, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

• Sandhills Community Primary School Oxford
• Barton Park Primary School Oxford
• Cheney School Oxford
• New Marston Primary School Oxford
• Horspath Church of England Primary School Oxford
• The Swan School Oxford
• Larkrise Primary School Oxford
• Beckley Church of England Primary School Oxford
• Wheatley Park School Oxford
• The Cherwell School Oxford

What is Bayards Hill School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bayards Hill School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Bayards Hill School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bayards Hill School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Bayards Hill School have?

Bayards Hill School has 234 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bayards Hill School cover?

Bayards Hill School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Bayards Hill School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bayards Hill School?

Bayards Hill School is at Waynflete Road, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9NU.