Graded inspection · Jan 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 | Outstanding | |||
| 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 entry316 applications · 104 places offered · 145 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2025 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
- 2024 3.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2023 3.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2022 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.4; 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 | 104 | 316 | 3.0 | 145 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2025 | 109 | 283 | 2.6 | 105 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 117 | 355 | 3.0 | 157 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2023 | 112 | 379 | 3.4 | 163 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2022 | 115 | 316 | 2.8 | 176 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2021 | 116 | 282 | 2.4 | 149 | 1.28 |
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.) | 115 | 45.5 | 49% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 114 | 46.4 | 54% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 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
- Whitelands AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.0applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · OxfordshireGood20241.7applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · OxfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · OxfordshireGood20234.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · Oxfordshire20261.8applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 12.8 km · OxfordshireRemains Good · improving20232.1applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 14.0 km · OxfordshireGood20234.4applications per place 60.1Attainment 8
- 14.1 km · OxfordshireOutstanding20224.0applications per place 58.9Attainment 8
- 15.1 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20222.3applications per place 55.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147872 · 931/4017
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 565 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Address
- Hexham Road, Bicester, OX26 1AY
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire · Cherwell
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources