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Wheatley Park School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 56 55.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
55.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
62.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
25.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.55 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 51.5[6] 56.9%[6]
2023/24 53.9[4] 65.2%[4] +0.55[4]
2022/23 49.8[7] 58%[7] +0.41[7]
2021/22 53.8[8] 63%[8] +0.49[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
10.1% 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] 22.5%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 6.1%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 17.7%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 8.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
57% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
27% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 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 92%[15] 56%[15] 0%[15] 32%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 61%[16] 1%[16] 23%[16] 6%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 59%[17] 0%[17] 32%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 60%[18] 1%[18] 23%[18] 3%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
54% 2022/23[19]
Education
60% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
31% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 57%[20] 59%[20] 2%[20] 28%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 42%[21] 62%[21] 4%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 54%[22] 61%[22] 2%[22] 26%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 60%[23] 63%[23] 10%[23] 18%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
74% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
28% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
23% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
5% 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 78%[26] 32%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 20%[25] 23%[25] 5%[25]
2018/19 67%[27] 18%[27] 17%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 70%[28] 27%[28] 22%[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
15 Mar 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
24 May 2022[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
Date not published[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
397 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
168 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
176 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 498[31] 220[31] 173[31] 2.9[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2024 426[31] 193[31] 173[31] 2.5[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023 473[31] 223[31] 178[31] 2.7[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2022 419[31] 225[31] 200[31] 2.1[31] 1.1[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
1350[1]
Trust
RIVER LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
www.wheatleypark.org[1]
District
South Oxfordshire[32]
Postcode
OX33 1QH[1]
URN
140875[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1146 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
10.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
20.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
76.3%[34]
Mixed
8.9%[34]
Asian
6.6%[34]
Black
3.7%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1%[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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