Wykham Park

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2023 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
138499
Address
Ruskin Road, OX16 9HY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
912 (74% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
27.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.6%
Persistent absence
43.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.8%
Other White 16.4%
Pakistani 8.3%
Mixed 7.5%
African 5.4%
Indian 3.2%
Other 2.5%
Other Asian 1.6%
Gypsy/Roma 1.3%
Unclassified 0.9%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.96
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 52%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 31.7
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.9
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award11
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
TourismTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE9
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE133
English LiteratureGCSE125
GeographyGCSE93
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Wykham Park

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
157
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
75
2nd preference
87
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
75
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
6
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
170
83
87
Year 8
195
118
77
Year 9
211
117
94
Year 10
127
52
75
Year 11
138
59
79
Year 12
27
10
17
Year 13
44
20
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
85.0%
85.6%
Further education
51.0%
31.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
30.0%
49.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
62.0%
58.9%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
19.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021