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Chipping Norton School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Burford Road, Chipping Norton OX7 5DY · chippingnortonschool.org · 01608 544998

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
49.3
average Attainment 8 score. Oxfordshire 46.4, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,035
71% of 1,462 places
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
18.2%
First language not English
5.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
River Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 180 families put the school first and 179 places were offered; 91% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 164 (Places 185)164September 2023: 158 (Places 185)158September 2024: 167 (Places 175)167September 2025: 176 (Places 175)176September 2026: 180 (Places 179)180Places 179
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261791801▲91%
September 2025Sept 20251751761▲94%
September 2024Sept 2024175167195%
September 2023Sept 20231851580.9100%
September 2022Sept 20221851640.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.3, and 59.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Oxfordshire it was 46.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 52.4 (England 46.3)52.42017/18: 48.6 (England 46.5)48.62018/19: 48.4 (England 46.7)48.42021/22: 55.7 (England 48.8)55.72022/23: 55.6 (England 46.3)55.62023/24: 52.9 (England 45.9)52.92024/25: 49.3 (England 46.0)49.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲49.346.0
▲59.6%45.4%
▲76.5%64.8%
▼13.3%40.5%
●3.934.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form47.3+1.7
Further education36.7−0.1
Other education0.7−2.2
Apprenticeship4.7+0.3
Employment4+0.3
Not in a lasting destination6+1.6
Activity not captured0.7−0.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 34.3 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 31.7 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 30.1 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 33.0 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 40.9 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 35.9 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 37.4 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 35.7 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
91 studentsB- (35.7)Average -0.12
91 studentsB- (35.9)Average -0.11
16.9%AAB or better
96.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2464B- (37.4)-0.05
2022/2383B- (35.9)—
2021/2283B (40.9)—
2018/1990C+ (33)-0.19
2017/1887C (30.1)-0.03
2016/1798C (31.7)+0.30
2015/1686C+ (34.3)+0.19

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University55.4−2.2
Further education3.1—
Apprenticeship4.6−0.1
Employment26.2+0.3
Not in a lasting destination7.7−0.5
Activity not captured3.1−0.4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Chipping Norton School on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
24 Sept 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, May 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • May 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Dec 2015Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

What parents said

93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (149 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
93%
Replies
149
14% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲94% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲91% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲95% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲94% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●86% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲92% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲99% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲90% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲88% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 64% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲63% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 38% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲72% agreeEngland 67%

based on 31 parents (21%) with SEND

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