North Oxfordshire Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Banbury, Oxfordshire·OX16 0UD
Composite score
58.5
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#1,382
National rank
#221
In South East
#16
In Oxfordshire
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
52%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
68%
% EBacc grade 5+
26%
EBacc average points score
4.31

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
76%
219 first choices, 171 places
First choices per place
1.28
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
441
any preference, for 171 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2620221.1420231.2920241.2820251.282026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Oxfordshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for North Oxfordshire Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,023
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
29.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,686
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
173 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
6%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About North Oxfordshire Academy

North Oxfordshire Academy is a secondary school in Banbury, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 1,023 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.8 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 2.2 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of secondary schools nationally.

52% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 68% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. North Oxfordshire Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 219 first choices for 171 places. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.9%. There are about 19.7 pupils per teacher. North Oxfordshire Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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