Hardwick Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Banbury, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.427 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hardwick Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Banbury, Oxfordshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Hardwick Primary School and Nursery catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.427 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.427 miles, 10th shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published last distance; their middle figure was 1.23 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oxfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ferriston, Hardwick School, Banbury, OX16 1XE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 249 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Hardwick School demonstrate the values of ‘aim high, be safe, be kind, inspire others and have pride’.”
- “These values drive decision-making in all areas of the school.”
- “Pupils benefit from the school’s high ambitions and expectations.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, teachers do not check if pupils have gained the specific knowledge that is set out in the curriculum.”
- “This inhibits some pupils learning the intended knowledge in these areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 October 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oxfordshire.
- Hill View Primary School 0.4 mi Good
- Hanwell Fields Community School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- William Morris Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury 0.9 mi Not judged
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury 1.0 mi Good
- Orchard Fields Community School 1.0 mi Improved significantly
- Cherry Fields Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Queensway School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published