The Cherwell School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Oxford · OX2 7EE · Oxfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att858.4
- P80.9
- EM5+65%
- Absence8.3%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 147203
The Swan School
Free schools · Oxford · OX2 7WP
Ages 11–18 · 1,057 pupils · Oxfordshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
55.7
Overall absence
8.0%
Admissions demand
1.07 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-09-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.55
−20+2
Attainment 855.7
English & maths grade 5+66%
English & maths grade 4+77%
EBacc entry83%
EBacc APS: 5.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)21.2%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 6.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 816
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
1.07 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
185
Places offered
173
1st-preference offers
148
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 758
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 173
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- 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 fill84%
1,057 pupils · 1,260 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,057
- Boys / girls
- 556 / 501
- School capacity
- 1,260
- Capacity fill
- 1,057 / 1,260 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 21.4%
- FSM pupils
- 195
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: RIVER LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- RIVER LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- River Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Ms Kay Wood
Location
- Address
- Marston Ferry Road
- Postcode
- OX2 7WP
- Town
- Oxford
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford East
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to 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 free schools (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1,057 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 21.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Cheney School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Oxford · OX3 7QH · Oxfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att846.9
- P80.2
- EM5+48%
- Absence10.7%
1.5 miles away
Oxford Spires Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Oxford · OX4 2AU · Oxfordshire
Ages 11–19
- Att848.8
- P80.5
- EM5+53%
- Absence11.2%
2.2 miles away
Greyfriars Catholic School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Oxford · OX4 3DR · Oxfordshire
Ages 11–19
- Att840.4
- P8-0.0
- EM5+38%
- Absence10.5%
2.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Kay Wood
- Telephone
- 01865416070