Aureus School
Academy sponsor led · 531 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7
Free schools
Heyford Park School
- Pupils on roll
- 700of 840 places
- Free school meals
- 13.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 59
- Ofsted
- Good, 10 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Heyford Park Free School (URN 139998, until 1 November 2020).
What the data says
Of the 61 pupils who finished Year 11 at Heyford Park School in 2023, 33% stayed on in Heyford Park School’s own sixth form (Oxfordshire average 45%), 43% went to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 95% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.7 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Oxfordshire, with 36% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Oxfordshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Heyford Park School | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 61 | 6,906 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 77% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 33% | 45% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Heyford Park School | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.7 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 34% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.37 | 4.14 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 20% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.5 | 31.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.3 | 50.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 10% | 16% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 59 | 100% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 59% |
| English Literature | 59 | 100% | 86% | 3% | 21% | 58% |
| Mathematics | 58 | 98% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 72% |
| Religious Studies | 56 | 95% | 31% | 4% | 32% | 34% |
| Combined Science | 33 | 56% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 21% |
| History | 31 | 53% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 26% |
| Biology | 26 | 44% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 65% |
| Chemistry | 26 | 44% | 23% | 8% | 47% | 62% |
| Physics | 26 | 44% | 23% | 4% | 46% | 62% |
| Geography | 26 | 44% | 41% | 4% | 25% | 50% |
| Business Studies | 24 | 41% | 18% | 4% | 20% | 33% |
| Spanish | 20 | 34% | 19% | 35% | 27% | 70% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 29% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 24% |
| Art and Design | 11 | 19% | 7% | 18% | 24% | 64% |
| Music | 10 | 17% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| Russian | 2 | 3% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| French | 1 | 2% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 27 | — | — |
| Tourism | 8 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Oxfordshire
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.0
Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5
Burford School
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85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.4
Carterton Community College
Community school · sixth form · 774 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.8
Cheney School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,706 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.