Orion Academy[1]
Special · ages 10–18
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 2.6 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 0% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 0% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -2.62 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 4.3[5] | 0%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 3.4[3] | 0%[3] | -2.62[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 9.7[6] | 17%[6] | -1.47[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 3.5[7] | 0%[7] | -3.17[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 67% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 50% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 17% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 0% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 45%[9] | 0%[9] | 0%[9] | 27%[9] | 0%[9] | 18%[9] |
| 2020/21 | 43%[10] | 0%[10] | 0%[10] | 14%[10] | 0%[10] | 0%[10] |
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
- 4 Jun 2024[11]
- Type
- Academy First Section 5[11]
- Report published
- 17 Jul 2024[11]
- Personal development
- Good[11]
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement[11]
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement[11]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement[11]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[11]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement[11]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 10–18[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 94[1]
- Trust
- THE GALLERY TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire[1]
- Website
- www.orionacademy.co.uk[1]
- District
- Oxford[12]
- Postcode
- OX4 6DQ[1]
- URN
- 147728[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 74 2024/25[13]
- English as an additional language
- 1.4% 2024/25[13]
- SEN support
- 1.4% 2024/25[13]
- EHC plan
- 98.7% 2024/25[13]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 76.4% 2024/25[13]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 82.4%[14]
- Mixed
- 9.5%[14]
- Asian
- 5.4%[14]
- Black
- 1.4%[14]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0%[14]
- Unclassified
- 1.4%[14]
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
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.