King Alfred's

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Unique reference
137140
Address
Portway, OX12 9BY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1682 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
4.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.9%
Persistent absence
32.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.6%
Other White 4.5%
Mixed 3.9%
African 2%
Unclassified 1.1%
Other 0.8%
Other Asian 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 46.6
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.02
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award17
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
Health StudiesTechnical Award36
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award22
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)12
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE53
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE22
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King Alfred's

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
357
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
278
2nd preference
100
3rd preference
68
From another Local Authority
34
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
278
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
27
To another Local Authority
19
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
295
140
155
Year 8
329
187
142
Year 9
286
160
126
Year 10
228
107
121
Year 11
236
111
125
Year 12
147
82
65
Year 13
161
75
86
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
86.0%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
30.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
72.0%
49.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
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
2.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
67.0%
58.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
16.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
15.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020