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Icknield Community College

Secondary Ages 11-16 804 pupils Watlington

Icknield Community College is an academy converter in South Oxfordshire for pupils aged 11 to 16. It has 804 pupils on roll. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.3, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

GCSE results: 2026.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Love Lane
Watlington
Oxfordshire
OX49 5RB
Phone 01491612691
Reference Number 143984

General Makeup

Number of pupils 804
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.87%
Girls: 48.13%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 85 76 161
8 89 90 179
9 74 66 140
10 81 85 166
11 88 70 158

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 84.7%
White, Other 4.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
White & Asian 1.2%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
African 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 03 Dec 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
03 Dec 2024 School inspection
12 Mar 2019 Short inspection
04 Feb 2017 Academy conversion letter
19 Mar 2015 Full inspection:
Previously as Icknield Community College
10 Jan 2014 Monitoring visit
07 Nov 2013 Full inspection:
29 Jun 2011 Full inspection:
02 Jun 2009 Curriculum and development visit
04 Jun 2008 Full inspection:
25 Apr 2005 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)
44.3

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 46.2%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 62%

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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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 109 19
Third Preference 36 2
From another Local Authority 63 39

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Icknield Community College had 766 pupils for 850 places. 84 places (9.9%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Watlington Secondary” planning area

Oxfordshire counted 180 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 158 in 2031–32, down 12%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 700700700700850850850850
Pupils 0661693731746750728766
Unfilled 100.0%5.6%1.0%0.0%12.2%11.8%14.4%9.9%

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 Icknield Community College attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.6%4.3%4.4%8.2%7.0%6.5%6.4%
Unauthorised absence 1.3%0.8%1.3%1.6%2.1%2.1%1.6%
Severely absent pupils 1.3%1.4%2.1%3.4%4.3%4.3%2.8%

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, 2.7% of pupils at Icknield Community College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 5.67.25.63.410.59.415.74.6
Permanent exclusions 20000110

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 Icknield Community College had 17.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.611.511.811.711.511.712.112.012.0
Teachers who left state teaching 5.2%4.5%6.3%4.9%3.0%12.3%1.3%4.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 57.8%49.0%–42.9%85.1%70.8%74.5%68.8%–
Sick days per teacher 2.51.5–1.65.22.92.83.9–

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, 24.6% of pupils at Icknield Community College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 53 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 38 11
Other difficulty or disability 38 6
Specific learning difficulty 36 3
Social, emotional and mental health 23 3
Hearing impairment 5 0
Speech, language and communication needs 1 3
Physical disability 3 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Icknield Community College received £7,213 and spent £7,785 for each of its 766 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £219,000 (£285 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Acer Trust, income was £7,421 and spending £7,382 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £13,000£129,000£387,000£423,000£546,000£471,000£219,000
per pupil £19£181£533£563£735£643£285
In-year balance £100,000£147,000£276,000£260,000-£20,000-£97,000-£438,000
per pupil £145£206£380£346-£27-£132-£572

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.

Name Distance
Watlington Primary School
Love Lane, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5RB
0 miles
Lewknor Church of England Primary School
High Street, Lewknor, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5TH
2.45 miles
Chalgrove Community Primary School
High Street, Chalgrove, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX44 7ST
3.36 miles
Ewelme CofE Primary School
Burrows Hill, Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 6HU
3.41 miles
Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Aston Rowant, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5SU
3.81 miles
RAF Benson Community Primary School
RAF Benson, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 6EP
3.98 miles
Tetsworth Primary School
15 High Street, Tetsworth, Tetsworth Primary School, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 7AB
4.26 miles
Ibstone CofE Primary School
Ibstone, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3XZ
4.52 miles
Stokenchurch Primary School
George Road, Stokenchurch, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3RN
4.83 miles
Benson Church of England Primary School
Oxford Road, Benson, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 6LX
4.88 miles
Name Distance

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

Icknield Community College is part of Acer Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Icknield Community College have?

Icknield Community College has 804 pupils on roll.

What age range does Icknield Community College cover?

Icknield Community College for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Icknield Community College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.3, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Icknield Community College?

Icknield Community College is at Love Lane, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5RB.

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