Wykham Park, Banbury

In 2026, pupils at Wykham Park averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.2 in Oxfordshire and 47 across England.

30% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Oxfordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 34.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.65: 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 27.5, against 42.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 74 families put Wykham Park as their first choice and 264 named it as one of their preferences, for 165 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wykham Park are Futures Institute Banbury (under 0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.5); 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 (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Wykham Park.

Wykham Park 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 134 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 58% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 42 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 45% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 36% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

29.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (46%), Asian (17%) and Black (10%).

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

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Horton View (adjacent), 180 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 246 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, Wykham Park issued 257 suspensions, 30.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wykham Park are Queensway School (0.5 miles), Harriers Banbury Academy (0.5 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.