Aureus School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Unique reference
140653
Address
Candytuft Way, Great Western Park, OX11 6FF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
545 (51% of total capacity)
Boys
58.0%
Girls
42.0%
First language not English
18.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.7%
Persistent absence
33.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.5%
Other White 12.1%
African 7.3%
Mixed 7.1%
Unclassified 3.7%
Indian 2.2%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 47%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.5
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.28
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE18
Business Studies:SingleGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE18
DanceGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE133
English LiteratureGCSE122
FrenchGCSE12
GeographyGCSE73
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Aureus School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
110
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
50
2nd preference
170
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
50
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
7
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
80
43
37
Year 8
106
69
37
Year 9
128
70
58
Year 10
100
60
40
Year 11
131
74
57
Year 2023-2024