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GCSE results 2024/25

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 middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

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

D

Average points per entry

21.6

England average 32.3

A level students

26

Pupils

Pupils on roll

316

Places

600

How full

53% full — 316 of 600 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

87 / 229

Overall absence

15%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

43%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years

30%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

15%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

32%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

88%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

75%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

7%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

23%

No sustained destination

12%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

102

After sixth form

Went to university

23%

England 50%

In education, work or training

90%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

37%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

73

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

38%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

60

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 Vale of White Horse 015H, 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

54%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

9%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

65%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

14%

England 17%

Households with no car

14%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

19%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

University technical college

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 14–19

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST

Headteacher

Headteacher: Emma Reynolds

Local authority

Oxfordshire

Ward

Blewbury & Harwell

Constituency

Didcot and Wantage

URN

141111

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

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.