Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Oxfordshire
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 |
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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 entry478 applications · 142 places offered · 148 named it first
- 2026 3.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2025 3.2; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
- 2024 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2023 3.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2022 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2018 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.9; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 142 | 478 | 3.4 | 148 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 104 | 336 | 3.2 | 53 | 0.51 |
| Sep 2024 | 110 | 306 | 2.8 | 50 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2023 | 85 | 263 | 3.1 | 59 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2022 | 85 | 221 | 2.6 | 80 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 91 | 243 | 2.7 | 79 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2020 | 103 | 273 | 2.7 | 90 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 207 | 380 | 1.8 | 173 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2018 | 182 | 334 | 1.8 | 174 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 101 | 187 | 1.9 | 86 | 0.85 |
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.) | 91 | 40.0 | 32% | 55% | – |
| 2024/25 | 98 | 33.7 | 19% | 45% | – |
| 2023/24 | 127 | 35.0 | 23% | 47% | −0.46 |
| 2022/23 | 133 | 36.5 | 25% | 43% | −0.38 |
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
- Aureus SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · OxfordshireGood202333.1Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · OxfordshireRemains Outstanding20221.8applications per place 59.6Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · OxfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · OxfordshireGood20241.4Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · OxfordshireSome aspects not as strong20242.3applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20243.2applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 8.5 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20233.1applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 10.0 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20222.3applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140653 · 931/4004
- Trust
- GLF Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 531 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Address
- Candytuft Way, Great Western Park, Didcot, OX11 6FF
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire · Vale of White Horse
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources