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Cheney School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 47.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
46.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
16.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.19 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[6] 48.6%[6]
2023/24 46.9[4] 48.1%[4] +0.19[4]
2022/23 48.2[7] 47%[7] +0.13[7]
2021/22 47.6[8] 50%[8] -0.05[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
26.6% 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] 28.4%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 20.7%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 30.6%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 24.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
51% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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 93%[15] 53%[15] 32%[15] 2%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 55%[16] 0%[16] 30%[16] 1%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 61%[17] 0%[17] 27%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 62%[18] 0%[18] 28%[18] 1%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
23% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 83%[20] 56%[20] 2%[20] 25%[20]
2020/21 84%[21] 58%[21] 2%[21] 24%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 63%[22] 5%[22] 18%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 56%[23] 2%[23] 28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
75% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
31% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
33% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 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 81%[26] 37%[26]
2019/20 85%[25] 34%[25] 33%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 80%[27] 30%[27] 26%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 81%[28] 34%[28] 27%[28] 1%[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
20 Sep 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
17 Nov 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 Mar 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
659 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
228 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
260 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 678[31] 218[31] 268[31] 2.5[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024 718[31] 228[31] 256[31] 2.8[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 740[31] 248[31] 258[31] 2.9[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 695[31] 270[31] 281[31] 2.5[31] 1.0[31]

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
1615[1]
Trust
RIVER LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.cheneyschool.org[1]
District
Oxford[32]
Postcode
OX3 7QH[1]
URN
139146[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1704 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
33.3% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
17.8% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4.5% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
27% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
53.2%[34]
Mixed
11.7%[34]
Asian
20.1%[34]
Black
7.2%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4.3%[34]
Unclassified
3.6%[34]

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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    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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