North Oxfordshire Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-19
Religion Does not apply
Address Drayton Road
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 0UD
Phone 01295224300
Reference Number 135365

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1037
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.76%
Girls: 50.24%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 30%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 26.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 102 88 190
8 92 89 181
9 86 92 178
10 78 99 177
11 94 71 165
12 35 39 74
13 29 43 72

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 62.3%
White, Other 15.4%
Pakistani 7.3%
Mixed, Other 3.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.9%
African 1.9%
Unclassified 1.2%
Indian 1.1%
Asian, Other 1%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
Chinese 0.8%
White & Asian 0.7%
Caribbean 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-01-13
Date Description Report
2022-11-08 School inspection School inspection
2017-03-14 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-12-11 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-01-31 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-07-14 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2010-01-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-03-10 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
44.6 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 50.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 56.4% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 28.81 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 25 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) C- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 78 3
Third Preference 74 1
From another Local Authority 7 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
William Morris Primary School
Bretch Hill, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 0UZ
0.35 miles
Hardwick Primary School
Ferriston, Hardwick School, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 1XE
0.52 miles
Hill View Primary School
Hill View Crescent, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 1DN
0.61 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury
Fiennes Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 0ET
0.8 miles
Orchard Fields Community School
Edmunds Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 0QT
1 miles
Hanwell Fields Community School
Rotary Way, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 1ER
1.02 miles
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury
St Mary's C of E Primary School Southam Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 2EG
1.31 miles
Queensway School
Queensway, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9NF
1.38 miles
Wroxton Church of England Primary School
Lampitts Green, Wroxton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 6QJ
1.42 miles
Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School
School Lane, North Newington, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 6AQ
1.46 miles
Harriers Banbury Academy
Harriers View, Bloxham Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9JW
1.56 miles
St John's Priory School
St John's Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5HX
1.56 miles
Cherry Fields Primary School
Wardington Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 2DF
1.65 miles
Dashwood Banbury Academy
Merton Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 4RX
2.04 miles
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School
Overthorpe Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 4SB
2.13 miles
The Grange Community Primary School
Avocet Way, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9YA
2.18 miles
St John's Catholic Primary School
Avocet Way, Chatsworth Drive, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9YA
2.2 miles
Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School
White Post Road, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 4BN
2.68 miles
Carrdus School
2.92 miles
Longford Park Primary School
Longford Park Road, Bodicote, Longford Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 4FU
3 miles
Name Distance
Frank Wise School
Hornbeam Close, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9RL
1.16 miles
English Language Training
49 Oxford Road, Banbury, OX16 9AH
1.64 miles
Wykham Park
Ruskin Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9HY
1.82 miles
Futures Institute Banbury
Ruskin Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9HY
1.82 miles
Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form
Addison Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9DG
2 miles
Tudor Hall School
Wykham Park, Banbury, OX16 9UR
2.33 miles
Bloxham Grove Academy
Bloxham Grove Road, Banbury, OX15 4UL
3.1 miles
The Warriner School
Banbury Road, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 4LJ
3.12 miles
Bloxham School
Bloxham, Banbury, OX15 4PE
3.43 miles
Chenderit School
Archery Road, Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2QR
4.24 miles
Swalcliffe Park School CIO
Swalcliffe, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5EP
4.28 miles
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