North Oxfordshire Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Unique reference
135365
Address
Drayton Road, OX16 0UD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1037 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
26.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.5%
Persistent absence
21.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.3%
Other White 15.4%
Pakistani 7.3%
Mixed 6.9%
African 1.9%
Unclassified 1.2%
Indian 1.1%
Other Asian 1%
Other Black 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Other 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 73%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.9
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.01
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award42
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Art & DesignGCSE38
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE168
English LiteratureGCSE163
FrenchGCSE126
GeographyGCSE77
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

North Oxfordshire Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
174
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
224
2nd preference
78
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
168
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
190
102
88
Year 8
181
92
89
Year 9
178
86
92
Year 10
177
78
99
Year 11
165
94
71
Year 12
74
35
39
Year 13
72
29
43
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
86.0%
86.5%
Further education
47.0%
30.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
32.0%
49.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
56.0%
58.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
16.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
15.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
7.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020