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John Mason School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 44.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
43.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
11.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.52 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 44.5[6] 41.9%[6]
2023/24 41.1[4] 32.5%[4] -0.52[4]
2022/23 45.8[7] 39%[7] -0.26[7]
2021/22 50.1[8] 44%[8] -0.23[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
10.1% 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 B-[10] 26.4%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 11.9%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 22.9%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 14.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
44% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
43% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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] 42%[15] 1%[15] 43%[15] 7%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 53%[16] 1%[16] 29%[16] 5%[16] 11%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 47%[17] 1%[17] 34%[17] 5%[17] 5%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 50%[18] 0%[18] 35%[18] 4%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
49% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
35% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[20] 64%[20] 7%[20] 24%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 68%[21] 4%[21] 21%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 68%[22] 6%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 94%[23] 65%[23] 6%[23] 24%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
26% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
33% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
7% 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 78%[26] 28%[26]
2019/20 78%[25] 37%[25] 33%[25] 7%[25]
2018/19 71%[27] 20%[27] 29%[27] 4%[27]
2017/18 69%[28] 25%[28] 21%[28] 4%[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
10 Dec 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
3 Feb 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Some aspects not as strong[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 May 2019[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[30] Good[30]
31 Jan 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
413 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
65 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
180 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 419[32] 90[32] 137[32] 3.1[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 497[32] 135[32] 162[32] 3.1[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2023 516[32] 164[32] 176[32] 2.9[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 483[32] 198[32] 177[32] 2.7[32] 1.1[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2026[33]

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
1040[1]
Trust
ALT TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.johnmason.oxon.sch.uk[1]
District
Vale of White Horse[34]
Postcode
OX14 1JB[1]
URN
140580[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
995 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
15.1% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
16.8% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
3.4% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
23.6% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
75.9%[36]
Mixed
6.1%[36]
Asian
7.8%[36]
Black
5.5%[36]
Any other ethnic group
2.6%[36]
Unclassified
2%[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

  1. 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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    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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  33. johnmason.oxon.sch.uk: johnmason.oxon.sch.uk — Admissions Policy 2026-27 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Admission Number The admission number for entry to Year 7 each academic year will be 180. (p. 2)
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