Wheatley Park School

Academy converter·Secondary school Oxfordshire·OX33 1QH
Composite score
64.4
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#755
National rank
#146
In South East
#10
In Oxfordshire
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
51.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
57%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
77%
% EBacc grade 5+
19%
EBacc average points score
4.58

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
168 first choices, 176 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
397
any preference, for 176 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.32
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1220221.2520231.1220241.2720250.952026

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 Wheatley Park School. 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
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,146
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
10.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,134
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
91%
183 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
86%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

School overview

Wheatley Park School is a secondary school serving Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,146 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 51.5 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.4 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of secondary schools nationally.

57% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 77% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 95% of the families who made Wheatley Park School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 18.5 pupils per teacher. Wheatley Park 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.

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