Schools in Cherwell[1]

Local authority district E07000177 · 73 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 102 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 3 (3%)[4]
second 20%: 10 (10%)[4]
middle 20%: 17 (17%)[4]
fourth 20%: 38 (37%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 34 (33%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	1%[4]	13%[4]	25%[4]	30%[4]	31%[4]
Employment	1%[4]	13%[4]	11%[4]	26%[4]	49%[4]
Education and skills	13%[4]	17%[4]	28%[4]	29%[4]	13%[4]
Health and disability	2%[4]	8%[4]	12%[4]	24%[4]	55%[4]
Crime	5%[4]	12%[4]	18%[4]	28%[4]	37%[4]
Housing and services	25%[4]	20%[4]	22%[4]	24%[4]	10%[4]
Living environment	13%[4]	8%[4]	9%[4]	16%[4]	55%[4]
Children in low-income families	2%[4]	13%[4]	22%[4]	34%[4]	29%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 65.0% of 65,915 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 35.1% of 130,580 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 15.1% of 130,576 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (10)

School	Ages	Headline results
Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form	11–18[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Futures Institute Banbury	14–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Gosford Hill School	11–18[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Heyford Park School	3–19[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8] KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
North Oxfordshire Academy	11–19[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
The Bicester School	11–18[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
The Cooper School	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
The Warriner School	11–18[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Whitelands Academy	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8]
Wykham Park	11–18[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (53)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Bletchingdon Parochial Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Bloxham Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Brookside Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Bure Park Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Cherry Fields Primary School	2–11[2]
Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Cropredy Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 91% 2024/25[10]
Dashwood Banbury Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Deddington Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Dr Radcliffe's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Dr South's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Edward Feild Primary School	4–11[2]
Finmere Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Five Acres Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
Fringford Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Fritwell Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[10]
Gagle Brook Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Glory Farm Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Graven Hill Primary School	2–11[2]
Hanwell Fields Community School	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Hardwick Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Harriers Banbury Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Hill View Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Hook Norton Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Hornton Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
King's Meadow Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Kirtlington Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2023/24[11]
Langford Village Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Launton Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Longfields Primary and Nursery School	3–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Longford Park Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
North Kidlington Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Orchard Fields Community School	2–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Queensway School	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Shenington Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Southwold Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School	2–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
St John's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester	4–11[2]
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury	3–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington	2–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
The Grange Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 89% 2024/25[10]
West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School	2–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
William Fletcher Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
William Morris Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Wroxton Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bloxham School	11–19[2]	AL B 2024/25[9]
Bruern Abbey School	7–17[2]
Sibford School	3–18[2]	AL C 2024/25[9]
St John's Priory School	3–11[2]
Tudor Hall School	9–18[2]	AL B+ 2024/25[9]

Special schools and alternative provision (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bardwell School	2–19[2]
Bloxham Grove Academy	7–18[2]
Frank Wise School	2–19[2]
LVS Oxford	11–20[2]
Swalcliffe Park School CIO	10–19[2]

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Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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