The Warriner School

The Warriner School is performing well overall, maintaining a good quality of education, behavior, attitudes, and personal development across all year groups. Relationships between staff and pupils are strong, leading to an environment where students feel supported and valued. The school offers a thoughtful and ambitious curriculum, ensuring many pupils excel in their studies, particularly in key stage 4 and A-level courses. Improvements have also been made to pastoral care, helping students report concerns and access needed support more swiftly. However, there are notable areas for improvement, particularly regarding the achievement of disadvantaged pupils. Although there have been advancements in support mechanisms, the school acknowledges the need to monitor and further enhance strategies to help these students perform better academically. Additionally, there are challenges in developing the post-16 curriculum with the same precision as seen in earlier years, which could enable even greater student achievement.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum.
• Effective pastoral care systems.
• Wide range of enrichment activities available.
• Supportive environment for sixth-form students.
• Proactive measures taken to improve attendance.

Areas for Improvement

• Disadvantaged pupils do not always achieve as well as peers.
• Post-16 curriculum is less developed than in earlier years.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Warriner School attended 89.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.2% of pupils at The Warriner School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Warriner School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.7% of pupils at The Warriner School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 11 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Warriner School received £7,711 and spent £7,620 for each of its 1,528 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £539,000 (£353 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Warriner Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,606 and spending £7,564 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Banbury · Oxfordshire local authority: places and applications

The Warriner School is part of The Warriner Multi Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School Banbury
• Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School Banbury
• Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School Banbury
• Hornton Primary School Banbury
• Farthinghoe Primary School Brackley
• Finmere Church of England Primary School Buckingham
• The Priors School Southam
• Graven Hill Primary School Ambrosden
• Grendon Underwood School Aylesbury

What is The Warriner School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Warriner School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was The Warriner School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Warriner School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does The Warriner School have?

The Warriner School has 1,553 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Warriner School cover?

The Warriner School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are The Warriner School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.8, and 50% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Warriner School?

The Warriner School is at Banbury Road, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 4LJ.