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Futures Institute Banbury[1]

Secondary · ages 14–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 44.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
47.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.56 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 41.1[6] 38.3%[6]
2023/24 43.8[4] 40.7%[4] -0.56[4]
2022/23 37.7[7] 29%[7] -0.94[7]
2021/22 45.2[8] 49%[8] -0.40[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
33.3% 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] 7.7%[10]
2022/23 D-[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 D+[12] 10%[12]
2017/18 C[13] 9.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
78% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
20% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
57% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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] 24%[15] 0%[15] 61%[15] 2%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 47%[16] 0%[16] 49%[16] 2%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 31%[17] 0%[17] 69%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 48%[18] 0%[18] 38%[18] 0%[18] 10%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[19]
Education
60% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
33% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2020/21 100%[20] 64%[20] 7%[20] 29%[20]
2019/20 92%[21] 62%[21] 8%[21] 23%[21]
2018/19 87%[22] 40%[22] 20%[22] 27%[22]
2016/17 93%[23] 57%[23] 21%[23] 14%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
75% 2020/21[24]
Top third of most selective universities
17% 2020/21[24]
Russell Group universities
33% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2019/20 83%[25] 33%[25] 33%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 36%[26] 14%[26] 14%[26] 0%[26]
2017/18 67%[27] 25%[27] 17%[27] 0%[27]
2015/16 56%[28] 6%[28] 6%[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
6 Dec 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
25 Jan 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Apr 2017[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Studio schools[1]
Ages
14–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
300[1]
Trust
ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
https://www.futuresbanbury.org[1]
District
Cherwell[31]
Postcode
OX16 9HY[1]
URN
140886[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
121 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
20.7% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
24.8% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
2.5% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.3% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
68.1%[33]
Mixed
11.2%[33]
Asian
11.2%[33]
Black
6.9%[33]
Any other ethnic group
0.9%[33]
Unclassified
1.7%[33]

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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