The Bicester School is a secondary school located in Bicester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 06/06/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.6%, which is 1.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Queen's Avenue, Bicester, OX26 2NS
Website: www.thebicesterschool.org.uk
Telephone: 01869243331
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Oxfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Tony Rushworth
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 142024

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 06/06/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1430
Number of Pupils: 1177
Number of Boys: 552
Number of Girls: 625

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.22 Confidence interval -0.46 to 0.02
Of the 116 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 107 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:77%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:35%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.09
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester
Queen's Avenue , OX26 2NX 		3out of 4 203 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Brookside Primary School
Bucknell Road , OX26 2DB 		3out of 4 266 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
King's Meadow Primary School
Shakespeare Drive , OX26 2LU 		3out of 4 1,002 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Longfields Primary and Nursery School
Longfields , OX26 6QL 		3out of 4 1,052 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Bure Park Primary School
Lucerne Avenue , Bure Park OX26 3BP 		3out of 4 1,072 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Bicester School
Queen's Avenue , OX26 2NS 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
The Cooper School
Churchill Road , OX26 4RS 		3out of 4 1,487 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Whitelands Academy
Hexham Road , OX26 1AY 		- not rated 1,493 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Bardwell School
Hendon Place , Sunderland Drive OX26 4RZ 		3out of 4 1,826 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Bruern Abbey School
Chesterton Manor , Chesterton OX26 1UY 		- not rated 2,427 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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