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Chipping Norton School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 49.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
18.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.29 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 49.3[6] 59.6%[6]
2023/24 52.9[4] 63.3%[4] +0.29[4]
2022/23 55.6[7] 63%[7] +0.70[7]
2021/22 55.7[8] 66%[8] +0.24[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16.9% 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 B-[10] 20.3%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 16.9%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 30.1%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 14.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
53% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
37% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 95%[15] 46%[15] 1%[15] 37%[15] 4%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 49%[16] 1%[16] 34%[16] 5%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 49%[17] 0%[17] 35%[17] 4%[17] 6%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 45%[18] 0%[18] 42%[18] 6%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
Education
53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
29% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 58%[20] 5%[20] 26%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 60%[21] 1%[21] 30%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 56%[22] 2%[22] 30%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 51%[23] 3%[23] 34%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
35% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
31% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 82%[26] 45%[26]
2019/20 81%[25] 26%[25] 31%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 76%[27] 31%[27] 30%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 76%[28] 30%[28] 30%[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
24 Sep 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
12 Jan 2025[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 May 2023[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
7 Nov 2017[31] Schools into Special Measures Visit 4[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
331 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
180 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
179 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 292[32] 176[32] 175[32] 1.7[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024 288[32] 167[32] 175[32] 1.6[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023 276[32] 158[32] 185[32] 1.5[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 244[32] 164[32] 185[32] 1.3[32] 0.9[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1462[1]
Trust
RIVER LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
https://chippingnortonschool.org/[1]
District
West Oxfordshire[33]
Postcode
OX7 5DY[1]
URN
137936[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1029 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
6.2% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
17% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
90%[35]
Mixed
3.5%[35]
Asian
2.9%[35]
Black
0.6%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[35]
Unclassified
2.5%[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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    Quote
    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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    Quote
    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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