Academy converter · Secondary
Witney · OX28 1DX · Oxfordshire
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 138210
The Henry Box School
Academy converter · Witney · OX28 4AX
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,027
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Witney, Oxfordshire, 1,027 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 19.9%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138210
Location
- Address
- Church Green
- Postcode
- OX28 4AX
- Town
- Witney
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- District
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,027
- Boys / girls
- 528 / 499
- School capacity
- 1,469
- Capacity fill
- 1,027 / 1,469 (70%)
- Free school meals
- 19.9%
- FSM pupils
- 179
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE MILL ACADEMY
- Academy trust
- THE MILL ACADEMY
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Wendy Hemmingsley
- Telephone
- 01993703955
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-03-30
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 39.2
- Progress 8
- -0.3
- English & maths grade 5+
- 33%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 56%
- EBacc entry
- 12%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
11.7%
Persistent absence
30.9%
Unauthorised
4.3%
- Authorised absence
- 7.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 8.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 983
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 12.0% · Persistent 33.4%
- 2021/22
- Overall 11.2% · Persistent 33.7%