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Larkmead School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 39 39.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
39 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
29.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.02 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 39.4[6] 34.7%[6]
2023/24 44.1[4] 40.4%[4] +0.02[4]
2022/23 45.6[7] 45%[7] -0.17[7]
2021/22 41.4[8] 37%[8] -0.40[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
10.6% 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 C[10] 4.7%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 6%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 17.8%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 16.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
47% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
41% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 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 95%[15] 37%[15] 0%[15] 41%[15] 5%[15] 11%[15]
2020/21 91%[16] 38%[16] 1%[16] 37%[16] 5%[16] 9%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 48%[17] 0%[17] 34%[17] 5%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 38%[18] 0%[18] 38%[18] 10%[18] 6%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
Education
41% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
36% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 48%[20] 11%[20] 30%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 64%[21] 4%[21] 21%[21]
2019/20 96%[22] 62%[22] 4%[22] 29%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 48%[23] 10%[23] 32%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
60% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
23% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
37% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 69%[26] 24%[26]
2019/20 74%[25] 30%[25] 37%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 77%[27] 27%[27] 32%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 68%[28] 20%[28] 15%[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
26 Mar 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
13 May 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Jan 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
517 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
191 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
164 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 489[31] 188[31] 172[31] 2.8[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 462[31] 153[31] 167[31] 2.8[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 426[31] 167[31] 178[31] 2.4[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2022 376[31] 143[31] 164[31] 2.3[31] 0.9[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
1060[1]
Trust
CAMBRIAN LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
www.larkmead-school.com[1]
District
Vale of White Horse[32]
Postcode
OX14 1RF[1]
URN
143890[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
940 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
10.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
14.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
5.7% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
21.7% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
80.8%[34]
Mixed
6.7%[34]
Asian
5.4%[34]
Black
3.9%[34]
Any other ethnic group
2.4%[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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    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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