Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry430 applications · 172 places offered · 186 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2025 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
- 2024 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2023 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2022 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
- 2015 1.9; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
- 2014 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Oxfordshire median
Dashed bars: as Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sports College (URN 123270), 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 | 172 | 430 | 2.5 | 186 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2025 | 179 | 421 | 2.4 | 191 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 178 | 401 | 2.3 | 150 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2023 | 145 | 371 | 2.6 | 147 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2022 | 147 | 324 | 2.2 | 155 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 | 147 | 314 | 2.1 | 160 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2020 | 147 | 326 | 2.2 | 147 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 148 | 356 | 2.4 | 203 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2018 | 140 | 319 | 2.3 | 158 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 139 | 322 | 2.3 | 158 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2016 | 140 | 286 | 2.0 | 140 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 141 | 269 | 1.9 | 121 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 142 | 312 | 2.2 | 159 | 1.12 |
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.) | 145 | 49.1 | 45% | 66% | – |
| 2024/25 | 139 | 48.5 | 42% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 145 | 49.6 | 48% | 75% | +0.24 |
| 2022/23 | 143 | 49.0 | 52% | 73% | +0.34 |
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
- Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth FormThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.5applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20231.6applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · OxfordshireRemains Good202244.5Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · OxfordshireGood20232.3applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20222.6applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20222.7applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 13.2 km · West NorthamptonshireSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 14.7 km · OxfordshireGood20234.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 16.3 km · WarwickshireRemains Good20242.8applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141146 · 931/4600
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 847 pupils · 943 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2014
- Replaced
- Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sports College (URN 123270)
- Address
- Addison Road, Banbury, OX16 9DG
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire · Cherwell
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources