Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in West Northamptonshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry443 applications · 166 places offered · 229 named it first
- 2026 2.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2023 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2016 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2015 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2014 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- This school
- West Northamptonshire 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 166 | 443 | 2.7 | 229 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2025 | 169 | 365 | 2.2 | 205 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2024 | 178 | 381 | 2.1 | 210 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2023 | 174 | 298 | 1.7 | 182 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 179 | 309 | 1.7 | 148 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 179 | 307 | 1.7 | 174 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 179 | 319 | 1.8 | 192 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 | 179 | 261 | 1.5 | 167 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 173 | 278 | 1.6 | 168 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 176 | 267 | 1.5 | 155 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 | 176 | 328 | 1.9 | 164 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 167 | 304 | 1.8 | 158 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 | 171 | 321 | 1.9 | 173 | 1.01 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 173 | 50.2 | 54% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 176 | 50.0 | 53% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 179 | 47.9 | 49% | 68% | +0.18 |
| 2022/23 | 167 | 44.0 | 41% | 62% | +0.06 |
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
- Chenderit SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.7applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · OxfordshireGood20222.5applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · OxfordshireRemains Good202244.5Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20231.6applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20222.6applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 8.8 km · OxfordshireGood20232.3applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 9.7 km · West NorthamptonshireSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 16.6 km · OxfordshireGood20234.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 16.9 km · West NorthamptonshireRequires improvement202336.2Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137878 · 941/4089
- Trust
- Chenderit School Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,178 pupils · 1,104 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2012
- Replaced
- Chenderit School (URN 122087)
- Address
- Archery Road, Middleton Cheney, Banbury, OX17 2QR
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources