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The Warriner School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 46.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
50.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.01 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 44.3[6] 42.5%[6]
2023/24 45.5[4] 44.4%[4] +0.01[4]
2022/23 46.1[7] 43%[7] -0.02[7]
2021/22 50.2[8] 54%[8] +0.02[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19.4% 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] 13%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 16.2%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 25.7%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 15.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
37% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
46% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 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 94%[15] 45%[15] 0%[15] 34%[15] 6%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 45%[16] 0%[16] 37%[16] 8%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 48%[17] 0%[17] 43%[17] 2%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 42%[18] 1%[18] 42%[18] 3%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
Education
65% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 61%[20] 6%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 51%[21] 3%[21] 40%[21]
2019/20 94%[22] 67%[22] 2%[22] 25%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 61%[23] 4%[23] 28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
31% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
21% 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
2020/21 78%[26] 38%[26]
2019/20 91%[25] 21%[25] 21%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 71%[27] 22%[27] 22%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 66%[28] 24%[28] 18%[28] 2%[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
26 Sep 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Nov 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
30 Jan 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
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
600 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
262 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
263 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 552[31] 232[31] 272[31] 2.0[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 565[31] 241[31] 268[31] 2.1[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 605[31] 300[31] 267[31] 2.3[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 534[31] 273[31] 275[31] 1.9[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
1468[1]
Trust
THE WARRINER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
https://www.thewarrinerschool.co.uk/[1]
District
Cherwell[32]
Postcode
OX15 4LJ[1]
URN
142218[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1527 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
6.9% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
17.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
5% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
82.2%[34]
Mixed
6.5%[34]
Asian
7.5%[34]
Black
2.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[34]
Unclassified
0.8%[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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    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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