John Watson School
Special / other · Oxford · OX33 1NN
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 19 October 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.johnwatsonschool.org
- URN
- 152382
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Specific Learning Difficulty
- Other Difficulty/Disability
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Physical Disability
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Severe Learning Difficulty
- Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 45.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 13.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 47.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 8.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 54.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 88.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 10.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 59.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 3.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 41.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 7.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028681 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £441,00090 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £326,000–£611,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 7a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted