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Orion Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 10–18 · Sponsored special academy
Knights Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford OX4 6DQ · orionacademy.co.uk · 01865 771703
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 4.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Oxfordshire 46.4, England 46
- Pupils
- 74
- 79% of 94 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 65.3%
- First language not English
- 2.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Gallery Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 4.3, and 0% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Oxfordshire it was 46.4, and across England 46.
Key stage 2 results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | n/a | 62% |
| Higher standard | n/a | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | n/a | 106 |
| Maths | n/a | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | n/a | 105 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123346)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼4.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼0.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼0.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼0.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼0.24 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123346)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 33.3 | +6 |
| Other education | 26.7 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.7 | −20.6 |
| Activity not captured | 33.3 | −3.1 |
Ofsted
Orion Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 4 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 4 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123346), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
- Mar 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Nov 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123346)
May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123346)
May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123346)
What parents said
53% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 53%
- Replies
- 15
- 18% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (100%) with SEND