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Icknield Community College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Love Lane, Watlington OX49 5RB · icknield.oxon.sch.uk · 01491 612691
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 51.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Oxfordshire 46.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 804
- 104 over 700 places · 115%
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 16.2%
- First language not English
- 3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Acer Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 158 families put the school first and 180 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 180 | 158 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 161 | 148 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 189 | 162 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 142 | 121 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 166 | 162 | 1 | 96% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.2, and 51.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Oxfordshire it was 46.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲51.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲51.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲66.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.91 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123244)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 30.2 | +5 |
| Sixth form college | 29.5 | −1.9 |
| Further education | 25.5 | −2.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | −0.4 |
| Employment | 2.7 | −1.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4 | +1.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.7 | +2.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Icknield Community College was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (176 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 176
- 23% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 66% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 42 parents (24%) with SEND