Icknield Community College
Love Lane, Watlington, OX49 5RB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ACER TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Mat Hunter
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Acer Trust
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 700
- Pupils on roll
- 804
- URN
- 143984
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01491612691
About this school
Icknield Community College is a secondary academy in Watlington. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 804 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 4 December 2024, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. 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 | 139 | 149 | 130 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.4 | 47.2 | 51.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.03 -0.21 to +0.27 | +0.24 +0.01 to +0.47 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 47% | 51.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 66.4% | 66.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 14% | 60.4% | 66.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
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 Icknield Community College 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 | 47.4 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.2 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51.2 | 37.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 743 |
| 2023/24 | 732 |
| 2024/25 | 766 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Icknield Community College compares
Icknield Community College ranked 12th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51.2 | 8% | 14.6% | 804 | — |
| Wallingford School | 53.9 | 9.2% | 14.8% | 1,507 | 5.9 miles |
| Lord Williams's School | 46.2 | 11.1% | 14.8% | 2,259 | 6.8 miles |
| Langtree School | 58 | 6.5% | 10% | 626 | 8.4 miles |
| Princes Risborough School | 40.3 | 12.4% | 19.5% | 1,083 | 9.1 miles |
| Wheatley Park School | 51.5 | 8.4% | 16% | 1,146 | 9.2 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)
- 14.62%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.02%
- Persistent absence
- 21.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wallingford School5.9 miles
Secondary · Wallingford
-
Lord Williams's School6.8 miles
Secondary · Thame
-
Langtree School8.4 miles
Secondary · Reading
-
Princes Risborough School9.1 miles
Secondary · Princes Risborough
-
Wheatley Park School9.2 miles
Secondary · Oxford
Other schools in Watlington
Common questions
- What year groups does Icknield Community College teach?
- Icknield Community College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Watlington.
- Who is the headteacher of Icknield Community College?
- The headteacher of Icknield Community College is Mr Mat Hunter, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Icknield Community College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Icknield Community College, 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 Icknield Community College?
- Icknield Community College has 804 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Icknield Community College full?
- Icknield Community College has capacity for 700 pupils and 804 on roll (115%), so it is at or above 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 Icknield Community College a faith school?
- No. Icknield Community College has no designated religious character.
- Is Icknield Community College a selective school?
- No. Icknield Community College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Icknield Community College?
- Icknield Community College is part of ACER TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Icknield Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.4 in 2022/23 and 51.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Icknield Community College rank locally?
- Icknield Community College ranked 12th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Icknield Community College's absence rate?
- Icknield Community College's overall absence rate is 8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Icknield Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Icknield Community College'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 10 July 2026.