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Wykham Park[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 38 37.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
37.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
29.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.65 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 34.8[6] 25.4%[6]
2023/24 34.7[4] 24.6%[4] -0.65[4]
2022/23 31.7[7] 22%[7] -0.96[7]
2021/22 41.1[8] 39%[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
4% 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] 5.7%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 6.7%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 5.6%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 19.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
14% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
66% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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 90%[15] 30%[15] 0%[15] 51%[15] 3%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 85%[16] 15%[16] 0%[16] 56%[16] 6%[16] 9%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 28%[17] 0%[17] 60%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 33%[18] 0%[18] 49%[18] 4%[18] 7%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
65% 2022/23[19]
Education
69% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 50%[20] 53%[20] 6%[20] 32%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 46%[21] 48%[21] 4%[21] 40%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 42%[22] 42%[22] 15%[22] 24%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 44%[23] 46%[23] 10%[23] 33%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
55% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
10% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
20% 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 62%[26] 17%[26]
2019/20 64%[25] 20%[25] 20%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 58%[27] 14%[27] 3%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 62%[28] 23%[28] 23%[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
12 Sep 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
5 Oct 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 May 2018[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[30] Good[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
264 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
74 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
165 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 260[32] 65[32] 147[32] 1.8[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2024 242[32] 75[32] 157[32] 1.5[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 287[32] 88[32] 177[32] 1.6[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 253[32] 117[32] 191[32] 1.3[32] 0.6[32]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1285[1]
Trust
ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.wykhampark-aspirations.org/[1]
District
Cherwell[34]
Postcode
OX16 9HY[1]
URN
138499[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
832 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
26.6% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
17.4% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
2.2% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.7% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
60.9%[36]
Mixed
7.8%[36]
Asian
17%[36]
Black
10%[36]
Any other ethnic group
3.3%[36]
Unclassified
1.1%[36]

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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    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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  33. wykhampark.academies.aspirationsacademies.org: wykhampark.academies.aspirationsacademies.org — Banbury Aspirations Admissions Policy Sept 2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    To obtain an SCAF, parents/carers should call Oxfordshire County Council to request an SCAF to be sent to the home address. ● This form must be used to apply for the admission of pupils into the first year of secondary education in the specified year unless an online application has been submitted. ● Unless an online application has been made, the SCAF must be used as a means of expressing one or more preference by the parent wishing to apply for a school place for their child (either within or outside the county). ● The deadline date for applications is 31 October 2026. (p. 3)
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