Wykham Park
Ruskin Road, Banbury, OX16 9HY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carly Berry
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Aspirations Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Banbury
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,285
- Pupils on roll
- 800
- URN
- 138499
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01295251451
About this school
Wykham Park is a secondary academy in Banbury. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 800 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wykham Park, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 13 September 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 163 | 134 | 114 |
| Attainment 8 score | 31.7 | 34.7 | 34.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.96 -1.20 to -0.72 | -0.65 -0.91 to -0.39 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% | 24.6% | 25.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 40% | 44% | 50% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 52% | 68.7% | 47.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
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 Wykham Park 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 | 31.7 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.7 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 34.8 | 37.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 963 |
| 2023/24 | 912 |
| 2024/25 | 832 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wykham Park compares
Wykham Park ranked 35th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34.8 | 12.5% | 33.7% | 800 | — |
| Futures Institute Banbury | 41.1 | 7.4% | 33.3% | 116 | 0.1 miles |
| Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form | 48.5 | 6.6% | 15.3% | 943 | 0.2 miles |
| North Oxfordshire Academy | 46.8 | 8.8% | 31.7% | 1,004 | 1.8 miles |
| The Warriner School | 44.3 | 10.5% | 19.6% | 1,553 | 1.8 miles |
| Chenderit School | 50 | 8.4% | 15% | 1,104 | 3.8 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.68%
- English as an additional language
- 26.6%
- Overall absence
- 12.49%
- Persistent absence
- 34.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Futures Institute Banbury0.1 miles
Secondary · Banbury
-
Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form0.2 miles
Secondary · Banbury
-
North Oxfordshire Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Banbury
-
The Warriner School1.8 miles
Secondary · Banbury
-
Chenderit School3.8 miles
Secondary · Banbury
Other schools in Banbury
Wykham Park ranks 6th of the 6 ranked secondary schools in Banbury.
- Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form Secondary
- Chenderit School Secondary
- Futures Institute Banbury Secondary
- North Oxfordshire Academy Secondary
- The Warriner School Secondary
- Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bloxham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brailes Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy Primary
- Cherry Fields Primary School Primary
- Chipping Warden Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wykham Park teach?
- Wykham Park teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Banbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Wykham Park?
- The headteacher of Wykham Park is Mrs Carly Berry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wykham Park been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wykham Park, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Wykham Park?
- Wykham Park has 800 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Wykham Park full?
- Wykham Park has capacity for 1,285 pupils and 800 on roll (62%), 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 Wykham Park a faith school?
- No. Wykham Park has no designated religious character.
- Is Wykham Park a selective school?
- No. Wykham Park is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Wykham Park part of an academy trust?
- Wykham Park is part of ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wykham Park's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 31.7 in 2022/23 and 34.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wykham Park compare with other schools in Oxfordshire?
- Wykham Park ranked 35th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wykham Park's absence rate?
- Wykham Park's overall absence rate is 12.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wykham Park's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wykham Park'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.