Bishopswood Infant School
Barlows Road, Tadley, RG26 3NA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Excecutive Headteacher
- Mr Glen Golding
- Federation
- Bishopswood Schools Federation
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 174
- URN
- 116035
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01189812836
About this school
Bishopswood Infant School is a community primary school in Tadley. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 174 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bishopswood Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
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- Achievement
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- Attendance and behaviour
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- Personal development and wellbeing
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- Leadership and governance
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- Early years
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- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Bishopswood Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 171 |
| 2023/24 | 175 |
| 2024/25 | 177 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bishopswood Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.4% | 10.7% | 174 | — |
| Bishopswood Junior School | 55% | 4.6% | 12.2% | 223 | 0.0 miles |
| Tadley Community Primary School | 36% | 5.5% | 14.4% | 221 | 0.5 miles |
| Burnham Copse Primary School | 53% | 5.7% | 14.3% | 308 | 0.6 miles |
| Silchester Church of England Primary School | 70% | 3.1% | 4.1% | 156 | 1.8 miles |
| The Priory Primary School | 71% | 4.4% | 5.9% | 196 | 2.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report2 June 2026
- 24 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.73%
- English as an additional language
- 7.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.43%
- Persistent absence
- 10.74%
Location
Nearby schools
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Bishopswood Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Tadley
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Tadley Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Tadley
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Burnham Copse Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Tadley
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Silchester Church of England Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Reading
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The Priory Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Tadley
Other schools in Tadley
- Bishopswood Junior School Primary
- Bramley Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burnham Copse Primary School Primary
- Tadley Community Primary School Primary
- The Priory Primary School Primary
- The Hurst School Secondary
- Tadley Court School Special schools
- Grantham Farm Montessori School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Bishopswood Infant School teach?
- Bishopswood Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Tadley.
- Who is the excecutive headteacher of Bishopswood Infant School?
- The excecutive headteacher of Bishopswood Infant School is Mr Glen Golding, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bishopswood Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bishopswood Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Bishopswood Infant School?
- Bishopswood Infant School has 174 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Bishopswood Infant School full?
- Bishopswood Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 174 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bishopswood Infant School a faith school?
- No. Bishopswood Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bishopswood Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bishopswood Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Bishopswood Infant School part of an academy trust?
- Bishopswood Infant School is part of the Bishopswood Schools Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Bishopswood Infant School's absence rate?
- Bishopswood Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Bishopswood Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Bishopswood Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 13 August 2026.