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Whitelands Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 45.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
48.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 46.4[4] 53.5%[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
10 Jan 2023[5]
Type
S5 Inspection[5]
Report published
16 Mar 2023[5]
Personal development
Outstanding[5]
Quality of education
Good[5]
Overall effectiveness
Good[5]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[5]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[5]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[5]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference)
316 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences
145 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered
104 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 283[6] 105[6] 109[6] 2.6[6] 1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2024 355[6] 157[6] 117[6] 3.0[6] 1.3[6]
Entry Sept 2023 379[6] 163[6] 112[6] 3.4[6] 1.5[6]
Entry Sept 2022 316[6] 176[6] 115[6] 2.7[6] 1.5[6]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[7]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
600[1]
Trust
THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
www.whitelandsacademy.org[1]
District
Cherwell[8]
Postcode
OX26 1AY[1]
URN
147872[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
575 2024/25[9]
English as an additional language
18.1% 2024/25[9]
SEN support
22.6% 2024/25[9]
EHC plan
5.4% 2024/25[9]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.3% 2024/25[9]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
73.1%[10]
Mixed
9.6%[10]
Asian
10.3%[10]
Black
4.1%[10]
Any other ethnic group
2.3%[10]
Unclassified
0.7%[10]

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.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. files.schudio.com: files.schudio.com — SP Secondary Admissions Policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    To obtain an SCAF, parents/carers should call the relevant LA 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. 4)
  8. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.