North Oxfordshire Academy
Drayton Road, Banbury, OX16 0UD
1,004 pupils · 87% of 1,150 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 9 November 2022, published 12 January 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 51.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 67.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 52.3% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.28 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 171 | 219 | 441 | 171 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 172 | 220 | 433 | 172 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 174 | 224 | 415 | 174 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 184 | 209 | 417 | 184 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 177 | 223 | 358 | 177 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 179 | 213 | 343 | 179 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 177 | 207 | 331 | 177 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 177 | 188 | 306 | 177 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Futures Institute Banbury 2.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Wykham Park 3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form 3.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- The Warriner School 5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Chenderit School 6.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Kineton High School 13.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.