The Cooper School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bicester, OX26 4RS
- Distance
- 1.4km away
The Bicester School
Queen's Avenue, Bicester, OX26 2NS
Local ranking22nd of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1430
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 12 March 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 181
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 51.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
60
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 196
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1198
- Boys
- 561 (48%)
- Girls
- 615 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1430 (82% full)
- SEND
- 20.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.0%
- EAL
- 14.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 19.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,067/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
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 73.7%
- White Other: 7.2%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
- Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Black African: 1.6%
73.7%
White British
7.2%
White Other
3.5%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Queen's Avenue
Bicester, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 142024
- UKPRN
- 10049649
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST
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