All-through
Bishopswood School
Grove Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RH
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 73 of 72 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- THE PROPELLER ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2025
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Previous framework
Inadequate
Safeguarding: not met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Grove Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Oxfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Priya Bhagrath
- Address
- Grove Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RH
- Telephone
- 01189724311