Chipping Norton School
Burford Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5DY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- RIVER LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Bertram Richter
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- River Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Banbury
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,462
- Pupils on roll
- 1,035
- URN
- 137936
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01608544998
About this school
Chipping Norton School is a secondary academy in Chipping Norton. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,035 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 155 | 150 | 166 |
| Attainment 8 score | 55.6 | 52.9 | 49.3 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.70 +0.47 to +0.92 | +0.29 +0.06 to +0.52 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 63% | 63.3% | 59.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85% | 78% | 76.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 12% | 12.7% | 13.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Chipping Norton School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Oxfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55.6 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 52.9 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.3 | 37.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 983 |
| 2023/24 | 1,002 |
| 2024/25 | 1,029 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chipping Norton School compares
Chipping Norton School ranked 13th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.3 | 10.4% | 18% | 1,035 | — |
| Shipston High School | 43.9 | 11.6% | 24% | 526 | 9.7 miles |
| The Warriner School | 44.3 | 10.5% | 19.6% | 1,553 | 9.7 miles |
| The Cotswold Academy | 53 | 7% | 16.2% | 1,564 | 9.7 miles |
| Burford School | 52.4 | 7.8% | 13.9% | 1,452 | 10.1 miles |
| Wood Green School | 46.2 | 9.7% | 15.2% | 1,335 | 10.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.97%
- English as an additional language
- 6.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.44%
- Persistent absence
- 25.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Shipston High School9.7 miles
Secondary · Shipston-on-Stour
-
The Warriner School9.7 miles
Secondary · Banbury
-
The Cotswold Academy9.7 miles
Secondary · Cheltenham
-
Burford School10.1 miles
Secondary · Burford
-
Wood Green School10.5 miles
Secondary · Witney
Other schools in Chipping Norton
- The ACE Centre Nursery School Nursery
- Bledington Primary School Primary
- Chadlington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Enstone Primary School Primary
- Finstock Church of England Primary School Primary
- Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Great Tew County Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton Primary
- Middle Barton Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton Primary
- Wychwood Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kingham Hill School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Chipping Norton School teach?
- Chipping Norton School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Chipping Norton.
- Who is the headteacher of Chipping Norton School?
- The headteacher of Chipping Norton School is Mr Bertram Richter, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Chipping Norton School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chipping Norton School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Chipping Norton School?
- Chipping Norton School has 1,035 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Chipping Norton School full?
- Chipping Norton School has capacity for 1,462 pupils and 1,035 on roll (71%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Chipping Norton School a faith school?
- No. Chipping Norton School has no designated religious character.
- Is Chipping Norton School a selective school?
- No. Chipping Norton School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Chipping Norton School?
- Chipping Norton School is part of RIVER LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Chipping Norton School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 55.6 in 2022/23 and 49.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Chipping Norton School rank locally?
- Chipping Norton School ranked 13th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Chipping Norton School's absence rate?
- Chipping Norton School's overall absence rate is 10.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chipping Norton School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chipping Norton School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.