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Faringdon Community College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 43 43.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
37% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.03 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 43.7[6] 39.7%[6]
2023/24 46[4] 37.4%[4] +0.03[4]
2022/23 46.3[7] 41%[7] -0.13[7]
2021/22 46.5[8] 37%[8] -0.45[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
10.9% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[10] 6.1%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 10.5%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 13.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 20.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
35% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
15% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
31% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
5% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 38%[15] 7%[15] 40%[15] 6%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 44%[16] 15%[16] 26%[16] 3%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 45%[17] 6%[17] 32%[17] 4%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 46%[18] 7%[18] 26%[18] 10%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
Education
53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
26% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[20] 62%[20] 4%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 62%[21] 6%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 62%[22] 4%[22] 23%[22]
2018/19 82%[23] 56%[23] 7%[23] 19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
72% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
30% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
29% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 75%[26] 38%[26]
2019/20 79%[25] 27%[25] 29%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 77%[27] 25%[27] 33%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 69%[28] 28%[28] 31%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 May 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
20 Jun 2024[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Feb 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
233 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
165 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
174 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 294[31] 204[31] 219[31] 1.3[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 313[31] 208[31] 219[31] 1.4[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 335[31] 246[31] 251[31] 1.3[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 304[31] 237[31] 242[31] 1.3[31] 1.0[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1550[1]
Trust
CAMBRIAN LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
https://www.fccoxon.co.uk/[1]
District
Vale of White Horse[32]
Postcode
SN7 7LB[1]
URN
137993[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1436 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
9.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
15.9% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
82.9%[34]
Mixed
4.7%[34]
Asian
2.3%[34]
Black
4.8%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4.6%[34]
Unclassified
0.6%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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