The Bicester School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bicester, OX26 2NS
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Whitelands Academy
Hexham Road, Bicester, OX26 1AY
Local ranking37th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 10 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 115
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 575
- Boys
- 318 (56%)
- Girls
- 247 (44%)
- Capacity
- 600 (94% full)
- SEND
- 28.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.3%
- EAL
- 18.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.4%
- SEN Support
- 22.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,241/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
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 67.7%
- White Other: 8.6%
- Asian Chinese: 4.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Other: 2.3%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
67.7%
White British
8.6%
White Other
4.4%
Asian Chinese
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hexham Road
Bicester, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 147872
- UKPRN
- 10086448
- Establishment No.
- 4017
- Trust
- THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION
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