Aurora Rowan School
Aurora Rowan School is an independent special school in Reading for boys and girls aged 5 to 19. It has 22 pupils and room for 30.
Dysons Wood, Tokers Green, Reading, RG4 9EY0118 907 3322theauroragroup.co.uk/services/schools/rowan-schoolMrs Lesley Walkden headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Oxfordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 15 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 22 | 10 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidmore End Church of England Primary School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 151 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
| Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre | Academy | 1.0 miles | 1,537 | Good 2024 | 71 | Compare |
| Emmer Green Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 417 | No overall grade 2024 | 94 | Compare |
| Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge | Academy | 1.3 miles | 374 | Good 2022 | 27 | Compare |
| The Heights Primary School | Free school | 1.3 miles | 353 | Not inspected | 94 | Compare |
| Sonning Common Primary School | Council | 1.4 miles | 292 | Good 2023 | 76 | Compare |
| Bishopswood School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 73 | Report card 2025 | – | Compare |
| The Hill Primary School | Council | 1.5 miles | 410 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Aurora Rowan School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Aurora Rowan School yet.
How many pupils does Aurora Rowan School have?
22 pupils aged 5 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 30 places, so it is 73% full.
What do parents say about Aurora Rowan School?
100% of the 15 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 100% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Dysons Wood, Tokers Green, Reading, RG4 9EY
- Telephone
- 0118 907 3322
- Website
- www.theauroragroup.co.uk/services/schools/rowan-school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lesley Walkden
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward
- Kidmore End & Whitchurch
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 30 October 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 151119 · LAESTAB 9316032
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.