In 1989 Mr Geoffrey Fowler, then the County Councillor for Bampton Division of Oxford, began the process of trying to get the National School in Church View listed as a "building of architectural and historic interest.
A brief history of Weald Manor• An Academy for young gentlemen is mentioned in 1790• Followed by John Beechey's Mansion House Academy in 1815 which moved into Weald Manor in the 1820s and closed in the late 1850s.
Series of Photos showing the last days of the Horsa Buildings annexed to The Old Bampton School Building. These were built in 1947, and were once The Canteen and Dining Room, The Domestic Science Block, The Woodworking Room, The Geography Room, The Head Master's Office.