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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 4 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 19 March 2015Graded inspection: Good · as Icknield Community College, URN 123244
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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 entry321 applications · 180 places offered · 158 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2025 1.9; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
- 2024 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2023 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2022 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.7; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.4; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Oxfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Oxfordshire median
Dashed bars: as Icknield Community College (URN 123244), the previous school.
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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 | 321 | 1.8 | 158 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 161 | 309 | 1.9 | 148 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 189 | 315 | 1.7 | 162 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 142 | 279 | 2.0 | 121 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2022 | 166 | 287 | 1.7 | 162 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 167 | 284 | 1.7 | 137 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2020 | 138 | 254 | 1.8 | 140 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2019 | 137 | 250 | 1.8 | 135 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 144 | 225 | 1.6 | 107 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2017 | 182 | 256 | 1.4 | 134 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2016 * | 155 | 226 | 1.5 | 127 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 * | 144 | 212 | 1.5 | 89 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2014 * | 138 | 216 | 1.6 | 114 | 0.83 |
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.) | 158 | 44.3 | 46% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 130 | 51.2 | 52% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 149 | 47.2 | 47% | 66% | +0.24 |
| 2022/23 | 139 | 47.4 | 48% | 66% | +0.03 |
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
- Icknield Community CollegeThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20222.3applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · OxfordshireGood20221.7applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 13.5 km · OxfordshireGood20233.7applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 14.7 km · BuckinghamshireGood20222.5applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 14.8 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20222.3applications per place 55.8Attainment 8
- 15.0 km · OxfordshireOutstanding20232.8applications per place 60.2Attainment 8
- 15.0 km · Oxfordshire20262.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 15.9 km · BuckinghamshireRemains Good20243.1applications per place 44.3Attainment 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
- 143984 · 931/4082
- Trust
- Acer Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 700 pupils · 804 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2017
- Replaced
- Icknield Community College (URN 123244)
- Address
- Love Lane, Watlington, OX49 5RB
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire · South Oxfordshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources