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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry765 applications · 175 places offered · 165 named it first
- 2026 4.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2025 4.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
- 2024 4.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2023 4.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2022 3.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 3.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 4.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 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 | 175 | 765 | 4.4 | 165 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 178 | 838 | 4.7 | 233 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2024 | 173 | 758 | 4.4 | 185 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2023 | 177 | 781 | 4.4 | 185 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 177 | 635 | 3.6 | 181 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 176 | 632 | 3.6 | 157 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 118 | 543 | 4.6 | 133 | 1.13 |
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.) | 179 | 60.1 | 73% | 84% | – |
| 2024/25 | 120 | 55.4 | 68% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 122 | 55.7 | 66% | 77% | +0.55 |
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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 Swan SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20234.4applications per place 60.1Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · OxfordshireOutstanding20224.0applications per place 58.9Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20232.5applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · OxfordshireGood20232.4applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · OxfordshireGood20232.3applications per place 34.7Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · OxfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · Oxfordshire20261.8applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Oxfordshire20261.2applications per place 31.2Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20222.3applications per place 55.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147203 · 931/4016
- Trust
- River Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,260 pupils · 1,057 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2019
- Address
- Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, OX2 7WP
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire · Oxford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources