Wykham Park

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Banbury, Oxfordshire·OX16 9HY
Composite score
43.5
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#3,003
National rank
#447
In South East
#34
In Oxfordshire
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
34.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
25%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
50%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
3.31

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
74 first choices, 165 places
First choices per place
0.45
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
264
any preference, for 165 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6120220.5020230.4820240.4420250.452026

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

Every child who put Wykham Park first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
832
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
26.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
14.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
39.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,983
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
88%
163 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Wykham Park is a secondary school serving Banbury, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 832 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 34.8 — well below the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

25% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 50% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Wykham Park their first choice was offered one of its 165 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 88% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 14.1%. There are about 14.1 pupils per teacher. Wykham Park 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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