Graded inspection · Oct 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 | |||
| Early years 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 entry166 applications · 36 places offered · 43 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 4.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2025 3.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
- 2024 3.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2023 3.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
- 2022 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 6.1; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 6.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 4.5; Oxfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 3.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; 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 Heyford Park Free School (URN 139998), the previous school.
Reception entry, September 2026: 1.4 per place (72 applications for 50 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 36 | 166 | 4.6 | 43 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2025 | 38 | 124 | 3.3 | 34 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 36 | 108 | 3.0 | 16 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2023 | 28 | 92 | 3.3 | 18 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2022 | 19 | 35 | 1.8 | 8 | 0.42 |
| Sep 2021 | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 * | 13 | 82 | 6.3 | 16 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2019 * | 20 | 90 | 4.5 | 35 | 1.75 |
| Sep 2018 * | 58 | 116 | 2.0 | 56 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 198 | 3.3 | 92 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 156 | 2.6 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 49 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2014 * | 59 | 115 | 2.0 | 56 | 0.95 |
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.) | 57 | 39.7 | 33% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 59 | 39.7 | 36% | 58% | – |
| 2023/24 | 65 | 43.7 | 35% | 66% | −0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 61 | 44.3 | 43% | 57% | −0.15 |
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
- Heyford Park SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20234.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · OxfordshireGood20241.7applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · OxfordshireGood20233.0applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · OxfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · OxfordshireRemains Good · improving20232.1applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · Oxfordshire20261.8applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 13.2 km · West NorthamptonshireSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 13.5 km · OxfordshireGood20232.3applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 14.7 km · OxfordshireGood20222.5applications per place 49.1Attainment 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
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 148353 · 931/4018
- Trust
- Epa Trust
- Capacity
- 840 pupils · 700 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2020
- Replaced
- Heyford Park Free School (URN 139998)
- Address
- 74 Camp Road, Heyford Park, Bicester, OX25 5HD
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire · Cherwell
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources