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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 11 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Some aspects not as strong
- 21 May 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry413 applications · 180 places offered · 65 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2025 3.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
- 2024 3.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2023 2.9; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2022 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
- 2015 2.5; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
- 2014 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Oxfordshire median
Dashed bars: as John Mason School (URN 123256), the previous school.
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 | 180 | 413 | 2.3 | 65 | 0.36 |
| Sep 2025 | 137 | 419 | 3.1 | 90 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2024 | 162 | 497 | 3.1 | 135 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2023 | 176 | 516 | 2.9 | 164 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 177 | 483 | 2.7 | 198 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2021 | 177 | 429 | 2.4 | 176 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 173 | 447 | 2.6 | 188 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2019 | 178 | 406 | 2.3 | 169 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 173 | 391 | 2.3 | 162 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 177 | 428 | 2.4 | 219 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2016 | 170 | 407 | 2.4 | 167 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 180 | 452 | 2.5 | 211 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2014 * | 176 | 428 | 2.4 | 264 | 1.50 |
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.) | 178 | 44.9 | 44% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 44.5 | 42% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 169 | 41.1 | 33% | 53% | −0.52 |
| 2022/23 | 157 | 45.8 | 40% | 61% | −0.26 |
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
- John Mason SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSome aspects not as strong20242.3applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20233.1applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20243.2applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · OxfordshireGood20241.4Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · Oxfordshire20261.2applications per place 31.2Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · OxfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · OxfordshireGood20232.3applications per place 34.7Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · OxfordshireGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · OxfordshireRemains Outstanding20221.8applications per place 59.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140580 · 931/4126
- Trust
- Alt Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,040 pupils · 927 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2014
- Replaced
- John Mason School (URN 123256)
- Address
- Wootton Road, Abingdon, OX14 1JB
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire · Vale of White Horse
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources