Futures Institute Banbury, Banbury

In 2026, pupils at Futures Institute Banbury averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.2 in Oxfordshire and 47 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Oxfordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 41.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.56: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.6, against 47.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 13 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

Across Oxfordshire, 85% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Oxfordshire lodged 303 appeals against secondary school offers; 184 reached a hearing and 78 succeeded (42.4% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Futures Institute Banbury are Wykham Park (under 0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.5); Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.1); North Oxfordshire Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.7); and The Warriner School (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8).

Futures Institute Banbury's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Futures Institute Banbury is one of 16 schools run by Aspirations Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 54 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 52% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 16 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 56% went on to university or other higher education, 13% to apprenticeships and 13% into work.

In 2026, 25 pupils (21.6%) received SEN support and 2 (1.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Futures Institute Banbury had 3 teachers in 2026, one for every 40 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Banbury Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Horton View (adjacent), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 253 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Oxfordshire (52), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Futures Institute Banbury issued 16 suspensions, 13.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Futures Institute Banbury are Harriers Banbury Academy (0.4 miles), Queensway School (0.4 miles), The Grange Community Primary School (0.5 miles) and St John's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.