Graded inspection · Sep 2023 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 entry600 applications · 263 places offered · 262 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2025 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
- 2024 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2023 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2022 1.9; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
- 2015 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Oxfordshire median
Dashed bars: as The Warriner School (URN 123230), 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 | 263 | 600 | 2.3 | 262 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 272 | 552 | 2.0 | 232 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 | 268 | 565 | 2.1 | 241 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 267 | 605 | 2.3 | 300 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2022 | 275 | 534 | 1.9 | 273 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 273 | 500 | 1.8 | 284 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2020 | 276 | 508 | 1.8 | 266 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 270 | 477 | 1.8 | 274 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2018 | 254 | 507 | 2.0 | 302 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2017 | 248 | 442 | 1.8 | 237 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 223 | 454 | 2.0 | 257 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2015 * | 220 | 434 | 2.0 | 251 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2014 * | 221 | 441 | 2.0 | 243 | 1.10 |
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.) | 271 | 46.8 | 50% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 266 | 44.3 | 43% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 279 | 45.5 | 44% | 65% | +0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 251 | 46.1 | 43% | 63% | −0.02 |
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
- The Warriner SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.3applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20231.6applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · OxfordshireGood20222.5applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · OxfordshireRemains Good202244.5Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20222.6applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 8.8 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20222.7applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 13.5 km · OxfordshireGood20234.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 14.9 km · West NorthamptonshireSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 15.7 km · OxfordshireGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142218 · 931/4007
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,468 pupils · 1,553 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 August 2015
- Replaced
- The Warriner School (URN 123230)
- Address
- Banbury Road, Bloxham, Banbury, OX15 4LJ
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire · Cherwell
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources