The Henry Box School

The Henry Box School at a glance

Located in Witney, Oxfordshire, The Henry Box School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,075 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 42.2, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 3.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

36% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 56% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The Henry Box School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 93 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.7%. There are about 17.9 pupils per teacher. The Henry Box School 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.