Fitzharrys School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 26 2023 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
146392
Address
Northcourt Road, OX14 1NP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
767 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
11.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
10%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.9%
Other White 8.1%
Mixed 5.4%
African 3.1%
Other Asian 1.8%
Other 1.2%
Unclassified 1.2%
Indian 1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Pakistani 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 47.8
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.22
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award19
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE79
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE79
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE121
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Fitzharrys School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
168
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
167
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
113
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
1
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
141
63
78
Year 8
144
79
65
Year 9
135
78
57
Year 10
116
74
42
Year 11
128
65
63
Year 12
59
25
34
Year 13
44
27
17
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
85.0%
85.6%
Further education
21.0%
31.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
57.0%
49.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
11.0%
4.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
80.0%
58.9%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
48.0%
19.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021