Secondary · OX26 · Bicester

Whitelands Academy

Hexham Road, Bicester, OX26 1AY

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THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)90.4%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 46.4
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils565

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 16 Mar 2023.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in OX26. Where we have them, council (Cherwell) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
565
Free school meals
19.9%
4.4% above district average (15.5%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
28%
2.3% above district average (25.7%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
18.1%
0.1% below district average (18.2%)
Attendance
90.4% Autumn and spring 2024/25
3.6% below district average (94%)

Also: England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the OX26 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

23.8%

1.9% above England (21.9%)

Attainment 82024/25

46.4

0.3 above England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

53.5%

8.1% above England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

71.1%

6.3% above England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

62.3%

21.8% above England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

4.26

0.2 above England (4.09)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 145 families put this school first. 98 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
145
First-preference offers
98
First preferences offered a place
67.6%
Total offers
104
Named on any preference
316

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
600
Pupils on roll
565

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Oxfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
28%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · SEMH

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Whitelands Academy

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • We do not publish school photos. The banner shows initials from the school name.
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