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Secondary school in Carterton, Oxfordshire

Carterton Community College

Upavon Way, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 1BU

Sixth form
School website 01993841611

Ofsted

Judged to require significant improvement, on 14 April 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

33.8 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

19% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

42% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.1 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

40% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.61confidence interval -0.90 to -0.32

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
E+
Average points per entry
14.6

England average 32.3

A level students
30

Pupils

Pupils on roll
774
Places
909
How full
85% full — 774 of 909 places taken
Girls / boys
384 / 390
Overall absence
10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
23%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
22%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
7%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
25%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
92%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
81%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
36%
No sustained destination
7%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
107

After sixth form

Went to university
32%

England 50%

In education, work or training
92%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
12%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
25

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

0% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
30%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
20

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for West Oxfordshire 013H, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
28%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
10%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
43%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
10%

England 17%

Households with no car
7%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
25%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Executive Headteacher: Matthew Maudsley
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Ward
Carterton North West
Constituency
Witney
URN
123236

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Burford SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 52.4 3.2 mi
The Henry Box SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 42.2 5 mi
Wood Green SchoolAcademy converter No grade 46.2 5.8 mi
The King's SchoolOther independent school No grade 5.9 mi
Cokethorpe SchoolOther independent school No grade 5.9 mi
St Hugh's SchoolOther independent school No grade 6.8 mi
Faringdon Community CollegeAcademy converter Good 2024 43.7 8.1 mi
Farmor's SchoolAcademy converter No grade 49.1 8.4 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
St Ursula's Convent SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 55.1
Turton SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 43.7
The Blandford SchoolVoluntary controlled school Good 2024 47
Saint Aidan's Church of England High SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2023 47
Tudor Grange Academy WorcesterAcademy sponsor led No grade 45.9
The Polesworth SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 42.7
Bristol Free SchoolFree schools No grade 56.3
WhitstoneAcademy converter Good 2022 40.5

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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