UTC Oxfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Score
D40
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Didcot, OX11 6BZ
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Aureus School
Candytuft Way, Great Western Park, Didcot, OX11 6FF
Local ranking35th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 22 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 33.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 19.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 44.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 9.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 98
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 485
- Boys
- 281 (58%)
- Girls
- 204 (42%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (40% full)
- SEND
- 29.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.8%
- EAL
- 19.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.3%
- SEN Support
- 21.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,035/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 67.2%
- White Other: 10.3%
- Black African: 9.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Asian Indian: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
67.2%
White British
10.3%
White Other
9.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Candytuft Way
Didcot, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 140653
- UKPRN
- 10064705
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- GLF SCHOOLS
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