Highworth Warneford School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Swindon, SN6 7BZ
- Distance
- 8.7km away
Faringdon Community College
Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Local ranking24th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1550
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 8 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 254
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 41.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
71
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.9% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 164
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1436
- Boys
- 713 (52%)
- Girls
- 669 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1550 (89% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.6%
- EAL
- 9.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 15.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,536/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.6%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Other: 4.3%
- Black African: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
78.6%
White British
5.0%
White Other
4.3%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Fernham Road
Faringdon, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137993
- UKPRN
- 10036978
- Establishment No.
- 4141
- Trust
- CAMBRIAN LEARNING TRUST
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