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North Oxfordshire Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 47.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
49.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.14 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 46.8[6] 51.7%[6]
2023/24 44.6[4] 50.3%[4] +0.14[4]
2022/23 43.9[7] 45%[7] +0.14[7]
2021/22 46.7[8] 51%[8] +0.10[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
22.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 22.6%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 5%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 15.2%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 8.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
40% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
40% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[14]
Employment
6% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[15] 43%[15] 0%[15] 39%[15] 5%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 89%[16] 32%[16] 0%[16] 47%[16] 4%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 39%[17] 0%[17] 45%[17] 3%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 44%[18] 0%[18] 33%[18] 5%[18] 6%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
43% 2022/23[19]
Education
51% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
35% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 99%[20] 39%[20] 45%[20] 12%[20] 42%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 49%[21] 51%[21] 1%[21] 39%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 44%[22] 44%[22] 4%[22] 38%[22]
2018/19 94%[23] 43%[23] 49%[23] 9%[23] 36%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
46% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
14% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
13% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
7% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 65%[26] 18%[26]
2019/20 56%[25] 13%[25] 13%[25] 7%[25]
2018/19 56%[27] 8%[27] 8%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 51%[28] 4%[28] 4%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 Nov 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
12 Jan 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
14 Mar 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
441 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
219 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
171 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 433[31] 220[31] 172[31] 2.5[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2024 415[31] 224[31] 174[31] 2.4[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2023 417[31] 209[31] 184[31] 2.3[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 358[31] 223[31] 177[31] 2.0[31] 1.3[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1150[1]
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.northoxfordshire-academy.org/[1]
District
Cherwell[33]
Postcode
OX16 0UD[1]
URN
135365[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1023 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
29.7% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
15.4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31.7% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
76%[35]
Mixed
6.9%[35]
Asian
10.9%[35]
Black
3.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[35]
Unclassified
1.3%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    Admission Numbers The published Admission Number (PAN) for entry into year 7 in September 2027 is 180. (p. 2)
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