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The Cooper School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
38.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.21 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 41.7[6] 39.5%[6]
2023/24 44.6[4] 37.4%[4] -0.21[4]
2022/23 43.9[7] 39%[7] -0.20[7]
2021/22 48.1[8] 56%[8] -0.26[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2.3% 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] 12.5%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 9.5%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 21.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 7.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
43% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2021/22[15]
Further education college
35% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 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 95%[15] 49%[15] 0%[15] 35%[15] 3%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 49%[16] 34%[16] 5%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 45%[17] 0%[17] 43%[17] 4%[17] 5%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 45%[18] 0%[18] 40%[18] 7%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
62% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
23% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[20] 62%[20] 68%[20] 2%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 65%[21] 65%[21] 5%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 95%[22] 58%[22] 62%[22] 2%[22] 31%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 46%[23] 51%[23] 7%[23] 35%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
69% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
30% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
24% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 79%[26] 25%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 27%[25] 24%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 65%[27] 22%[27] 17%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 66%[28] 14%[28] 12%[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
25 Feb 2025[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
28 Apr 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Requires improvement[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
29 Nov 2022[30] S5 Inspection[30] Requires improvement[30]
6 Jun 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
271 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
120 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
184 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 311[32] 173[32] 178[32] 1.7[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024 326[32] 171[32] 186[32] 1.8[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 340[32] 164[32] 185[32] 1.8[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 324[32] 183[32] 209[32] 1.6[32] 0.9[32]

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
1333[1]
Trust
ACER TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
www.thecooperschool.co.uk[1]
District
Cherwell[33]
Postcode
OX26 4RS[1]
URN
141069[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1228 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
16% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
16.9% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.8% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
82.2%[35]
Mixed
6.9%[35]
Asian
6.3%[35]
Black
3.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1%[35]
Unclassified
0.4%[35]

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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