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Carterton Community College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 774Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 123236URN

Upavon Way, Carterton, OX18 1BU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.7 below Oxfordshire median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Oxfordshire

167 applications for 107 places · 34th of 38 in Oxfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
34.6of 90
38th of 41 in Oxfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 9 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 April 2026
    Report card · 4 Needs attention, 3 Urgent improvement
  2. 2 March 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Oxfordshire median (2.3) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

167 applications · 107 places offered · 101 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  4. 2023 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
  12. 2015 1.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.1; Oxfordshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Oxfordshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261071671.61010.94
Sep 20251211851.51110.92
Sep 20241452231.51230.85
Sep 20231352091.61340.99
Sep 20221101361.2900.82
Sep 20211281221.0890.70
Sep 20201141151.0630.55
Sep 2019891041.2710.80
Sep 20181151131.0860.75
Sep 2017891181.3870.98
Sep 20161061341.31061.00
Sep 20151021201.21000.98
Sep 20141201281.11190.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

127 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)34.638th of 41 in Oxfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths19%40th of 41 in Oxfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths43%
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.61
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12734.619%43%–
2024/2511133.819%42%–
2023/2410435.821%41%−0.61
2022/2310736.225%50%−0.60

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
123236 · 931/4041
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
909 pupils · 774 on roll
Free school meals
21.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Upavon Way, Carterton, OX18 1BU
Local authority
Oxfordshire · West Oxfordshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources