John Mason School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 22 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
140580
Address
Wootton Road, OX14 1JB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1043 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
10.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.8%
Persistent absence
28.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.8%
Other White 7.6%
Mixed 6.4%
African 2.8%
Other Asian 2.3%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other 1.3%
Indian 1.2%
Chinese 1.1%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
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
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.95
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE53
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE14
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE149
Business Studies:SingleGCSE74
ChemistryGCSE148
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE148
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

John Mason School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
162
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
135
2nd preference
220
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
135
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
3
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 classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
176
101
75
Year 8
176
91
85
Year 9
180
103
77
Year 10
174
89
85
Year 11
169
97
72
Year 12
79
40
39
Year 13
89
39
50
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
86.0%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
30.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
49.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
11.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
78.0%
58.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
16.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
33.0%
15.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
7.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020