Lord Williams's School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Oxford Road
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 2AQ
Phone 01844210510
Reference Number 138667

General Makeup

Number of pupils 2276
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.86%
Girls: 51.14%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 196 152 348
8 188 161 349
9 171 176 347
10 157 190 347
11 141 180 321
12 127 167 294
13 132 138 270

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 82.8%
White, Other 6.1%
White & Asian 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.3%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
African 1.1%
Asian, Other 1%
Indian 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Pakistani 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-07-08
Date Description Report
2022-05-17 School inspection: School inspection:
2012-09-04 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Lord Williams's School
2011-10-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2007-03-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-11-04 Full inspection Full inspection
2011-10-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2007-03-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-11-04 Full inspection Full inspection

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)
48.4 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 49.2% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 69.1% 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 31.19 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 31.53 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) C B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 10.7% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 155 26
Third Preference 72 15
From another Local Authority 268 126

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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