Futures Institute Banbury
Ofsted: School remains GoodStudio schools · Secondary
Banbury · OX16 9HY · Oxfordshire
Ages 14–18
- Att843.8
- P8-0.6
- EM5+41%
- Absence11.5%
1.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 135365
North Oxfordshire Academy
Academy sponsor led · Banbury · OX16 0UD
Ages 11–19 · 1,004 pupils · Oxfordshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
44.6
Overall absence
8.9%
Admissions demand
1.30 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-01-12
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.14
−20+2
Attainment 844.6
English & maths grade 5+50%
English & maths grade 4+64%
EBacc entry65%
EBacc APS: 4.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.7%
Unauthorised2.5%
- Authorised absence
- 6.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 925
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.30 · Competitive
1st preferences
224
Places offered
174
1st-preference offers
168
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 415
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 174
- Applications from outside LA
- 7
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill87%
1,004 pupils · 1,150 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,004
- Boys / girls
- 482 / 522
- School capacity
- 1,150
- Capacity fill
- 1,004 / 1,150 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- FSM pupils
- 281
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ellie Jacobs
Location
- Address
- Drayton Road
- Postcode
- OX16 0UD
- Town
- Banbury
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, 1,004 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 31.7%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Wykham Park
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Banbury · OX16 9HY · Oxfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att834.7
- P8-0.7
- EM5+25%
- Absence14.1%
1.8 miles away
Academy converter · Secondary
Banbury · OX16 9DG · Oxfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att849.6
- P80.2
- EM5+48%
- Absence6.3%
2.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ellie Jacobs
- Telephone
- 01295224300