North Oxfordshire Academy, Banbury

In 2026, pupils at North Oxfordshire Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.2 in Oxfordshire and 47 across England.

49% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Oxfordshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 46.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.14: pupils made above 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 36.1, against 52.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 219 families put North Oxfordshire Academy as their first choice and 441 named it as one of their preferences, for 171 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 53 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to North Oxfordshire Academy are Futures Institute Banbury (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.5); Wykham Park (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.5); Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.1); and The Warriner School (3.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8).

North Oxfordshire Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

North Oxfordshire Academy is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

36 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about North Oxfordshire Academy (as of April 2026): 94% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (67%).

Of the 163 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 50% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 73 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 43% went on to university or other higher education, 10% to apprenticeships and 36% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

31.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (59%), Asian (10%) and Mixed (7%).

The nearest railway station is Banbury Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is North Oxfordshire Academy (adjacent), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 150 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Oxfordshire (52), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, North Oxfordshire Academy issued 258 suspensions, 25.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to North Oxfordshire Academy are William Morris Primary School (0.3 miles); Hardwick Primary School and Nursery (0.5 miles); Hill View Primary School (0.6 miles); and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.