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The Warriner School

Banbury, OX15 4LJ · Oxfordshire · secondary school

Ofsted: Good · 2023 Inspected 2 years ago Mixed Secondary
4.9/10 Broadly average

23rd of 40 secondary schools in Oxfordshire we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to the 918 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 3.0/10 among them, against 4.8/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 42.5 · 47 30% 1.40
Progress 8 2023/24 0.01 · 51 25% 1.28
Attainment 8 2024/25 44.3 · 42 10% 0.42

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. The school is rated Good by Ofsted, last inspected in 2023-11. In 2024/25, 42.5% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 44.3, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.01 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did slightly better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 3.0 out of 10 among them, against 4.8 out of 10 nationally.

Beyond the classroom. Pupils participate in Intra School Sport, receive Music Tuition, and take part in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Bronze Assessment Expedition and a History Trip to Hampton Court.

Getting in. The school has 1527 pupils in a capacity of 1468, meaning it is over capacity by 59. The school is over its stated capacity, so places are competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school manage the pressure of being over capacity by 59 places? What specific support is available for pupils aiming to improve their Progress 8 scores? How does the school integrate the Duke of Edinburgh's Award into the weekly timetable?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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