Icknield Community College

Academy converter·Secondary school Watlington, Oxfordshire·OX49 5RB
Composite score
64.0
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#781
National rank
#147
In South East
#11
In Oxfordshire
Top 25%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
51.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
52%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
35%
EBacc average points score
4.91

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
158 first choices, 180 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
321
any preference, for 180 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.8520230.8620240.9220250.882026

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 Icknield Community College. 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
766
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,210
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
96%
139 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
6%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Icknield Community College

Icknield Community College is a secondary school in Watlington, Oxfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 766 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 51.2, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 4.0 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 top 25% 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%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 99% of the families who made Icknield Community College 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, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.6%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. Icknield Community College 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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