Ofsted

Please find below our most recent Ofsted reports and relevant information from the Department for Education Performance Tables. 

Brightwalton C.E. Primary School Successfully Meets Ofsted’s National Expected Standard Across All Areas

“Pupils are proud to belong to this small, friendly village school. They arrive each morning with a smile and excitement for the day ahead. Staff know pupils well and help them to feel safe and settled. Warm relationships between pupils and staff are seen in abundance and help create a genuine family feel to the school”.

We are delighted to share the outcome of our recent Ofsted inspection, which confirms that Brightwalton C.E. Primary School has met the Expected Standard across every evaluated area, with safeguarding judged to be Met.

Under Ofsted’s inspection framework introduced in November 2025, the Expected Standard is the national benchmark against which schools are evaluated. To achieve this, inspectors must be satisfied that a school is securely delivering the quality of education, care, leadership and safeguarding that children are entitled to receive across all areas of school life.

Our report celebrates what makes Brightwalton special – a genuine family feel, warm relationships, an ambitious curriculum, strong pastoral care, effective leadership, an inclusive approach for every child and a committed staff team who are dedicated to helping every pupil flourish.

The report also recognises our commitment to continual improvement, with future priorities building on the strong foundations already in place.

We are incredibly proud of our children, staff, governors and wider school community whose dedication and partnership have contributed to this fantastic outcome.

Read our full Ofsted Inspection Report below.

Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS)

As we are also a church school (not a faith school), we are linked to the Oxford Diocese and are subject to inspection by SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools).

SIAMS inspection focuses on the impact of the school's Christian vision on pupils and adults. This involves looking at the school’s Christian vision, the provision the school makes because of this vision and how effective this provision is in enabling all pupils to flourish. 

Please see our latest inspection report below.

Performance Data

Many parents are keen to see how we are performing in relation to other schools.

​The Department for Education (DfE) Performance Tables provide a reliable and accessible source of comparative information on pupil attainment and progress, absence, workforce and finance.

The Performance Tables tell you about performance of pupils at this school at key stage 2 (school years 3 to 6), which are the last four years of the primary phase of education. These scores show how much progress pupils at this school made in reading, writing and maths between the end of key stage 1 and the end of key stage 2, compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 1.