The Oxford Academy[1]
Secondary · ages 11–19
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 31 31.2 2025/26[2]
- A-level average grade
- AL C- C- 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 31.2 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 23.7% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 2.6% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.72 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 33.6[6] | 21%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 33[4] | 25.4%[4] | -0.72[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 32.6[7] | 27%[7] | -0.87[7] | |
| 2021/22 | 39.1[8] | 31%[8] | -0.25[8] |
A level (16–18)
- A-level average grade
- C- 2024/25[3]
- AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
- 11.1% 2024/25[3]
| Year | A-level average grade | AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | C-[9] | 6.3%[9] |
| 2022/23 | D-[10] | 0%[10] |
| 2021/22 | D[11] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 86% 2022/23[12]
- School sixth form
- 38% 2022/23[12]
- Sixth-form college
- 0% 2022/23[12]
- Further education college
- 35% 2022/23[12]
- Apprenticeship
- 6% 2022/23[12]
- Employment
- 6% 2022/23[12]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 87%[13] | 42%[13] | 0%[13] | 32%[13] | 3%[13] | 9%[13] |
Destinations after 16–18 study
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 82% 2022/23[14]
- Education
- 41% 2022/23[14]
- Apprenticeship
- 8% 2022/23[14]
- Employment
- 33% 2022/23[14]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | Education | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 83%[15] | 40%[15] | 13%[15] | 30%[15] |
Higher education after 16–18 study
- Progressed to higher education
- 46% 2021/22[16]
- Top third of most selective universities
- 0% 2021/22[16]
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
- 10 Mar 2026[17]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[17]
- Report published
- 7 Jun 2026[17]
- Inclusion
- Expected standard[17]
- Achievement
- Needs attention[17]
- Safeguarding standards
- Met[17]
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention[17]
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention[17]
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard[17]
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard[17]
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Expected standard[17]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 1.2 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- Applications (any preference)
- 168 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- First preferences
- 92 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- Places offered
- 138 Entry Sept 2026[19]
- First preferences per place
- 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[19]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 209[19] | 107[19] | 177[19] | 1.2[19] | 0.6[19] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 229[19] | 109[19] | 178[19] | 1.3[19] | 0.6[19] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 251[19] | 139[19] | 205[19] | 1.2[19] | 0.7[19] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 237[19] | 168[19] | 198[19] | 1.2[19] | 0.8[19] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 11–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Faith
- Church of England[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1400[1]
- Trust
- RIVER LEARNING TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire[1]
- Website
- www.theoxfordacademy.org.uk[1]
- District
- Oxford[20]
- Postcode
- OX4 6JZ[1]
- URN
- 148354[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1113 2024/25[21]
- English as an additional language
- 28.3% 2024/25[21]
- SEN support
- 30.2% 2024/25[21]
- EHC plan
- 4.1% 2024/25[21]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 52.7% 2024/25[21]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 55.3%[22]
- Mixed
- 15.5%[22]
- Asian
- 14%[22]
- Black
- 8.7%[22]
- Any other ethnic group
- 4.6%[22]
- Unclassified
- 1.9%[22]
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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. 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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) 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: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. 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.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. 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.