Lord Williams's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 17 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
138667
Address
Oxford Road, OX9 2AQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2276 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
5.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
11%
Persistent absence
27.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.8%
Other White 6.1%
Mixed 4.7%
African 1.1%
Other 1.1%
Other Asian 1%
Indian 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.3
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.31
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE79
Business Studies:SingleGCSE154
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE57
Design & TechnologyGCSE54
DanceGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE313
English LiteratureGCSE315
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE76
FrenchGCSE43
GeographyGCSE105
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lord Williams's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
323
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
279
2nd preference
155
3rd preference
72
From another Local Authority
268
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
277
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
15
To another Local Authority
126
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 classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
348
196
152
Year 8
349
188
161
Year 9
347
171
176
Year 10
347
157
190
Year 11
321
141
180
Year 12
294
127
167
Year 13
270
132
138
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.0%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
30.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
68.0%
49.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
4.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
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
68.0%
58.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
16.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
15.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
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