The Bicester School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 12 2024 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
142024
Address
Queen's Avenue, OX26 2NS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1239 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
47.9%
Girls
52.1%
First language not English
12.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.2%
Persistent absence
22.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.5%
Mixed 7.5%
Other White 7.3%
Other Asian 2.7%
Other 1.9%
African 1.3%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.51
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.2
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.72
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award23
Sports StudiesTechnical Award44
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award35
Health StudiesTechnical Award36
MultimediaTechnical Award77
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award41
TourismTechnical Award17
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE46
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Bicester School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
174
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
141
2nd preference
131
3rd preference
65
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
2
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
215
100
115
Year 8
207
100
107
Year 9
184
106
78
Year 10
204
91
113
Year 11
270
128
142
Year 12
78
34
44
Year 13
81
34
47
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
86.0%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
30.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
49.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
61.0%
58.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
16.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
12.0%
15.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020