The Cherwell School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Marston Ferry Road
 Oxford
 Oxfordshire OX2 7EE
Telephone: 01865 558719

School Type

Phase: Secondary and Sixth Form (ages 11-18)
Type: Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2012
History: This school arose from The Cherwell School
Trust: River Learning Trust
Sponsor: River Learning Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mr Chris Price (since October 2016)
Previous Headteacher: Paul James
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 123.55 / 31.67
Non-teaching Staff*: 95.65
Number of pupils: 2008
Pupils Per Teacher: 16.3
Sex: Mixed (51% boys / 49% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 17.60% (low)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 22.6%
Local child deprivation rate: 11.4% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 56.6%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 47.1%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 9.9km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: South East
Authority: Oxfordshire
Electoral Ward: Summertown
School Number: 9314116

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 19th October 2022 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Outstanding

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Oxford High School GDST (0.2km) show on map
  2. St Clare's, Oxford (0.3km) show on map
  3. Summer Fields School (0.3km) show on map
  4. St Edward's School (0.5km) show on map
  5. Northern House Academy (0.6km) show on map
  6. Dragon School (0.9km) show on map
  7. Wychwood School (0.9km) show on map
  8. St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School (0.9km) show on map
  9. d'Overbroeck's (1.0km) show on map
  10. St Philip and James' Church of England Aided ... (1.1km) show on map
  11. Cutteslowe Primary School (1.2km) show on map
  12. Meadowbrook College (1.5km) show on map
  13. The Swan School (1.5km) show on map
  14. St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School (1.6km) show on map
  15. Wolvercote Primary School (1.7km) show on map
  16. St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary ... (1.9km) show on map
  17. New College School (2.1km) show on map
  18. The Eckersley School of English (2.3km) show on map
  19. New Marston Primary School (2.4km) show on map
  20. St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City (2.5km) show on map
  21. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford (2.6km) show on map
  22. Cherwell College Oxford (2.7km) show on map
  23. West Oxford Community Primary School (2.8km) show on map
  24. Christ Church Cathedral School (2.8km) show on map
  25. Activate Learning (2.8km) show on map
  26. Oxford Media & Business School (2.9km) show on map
  27. Oxford International College (3.1km) show on map
  28. Magdalen College School (3.1km) show on map
  29. Ruskin College (3.4km) show on map
  30. Headington Rye Oxford (3.4km) show on map
  31. East Oxford Primary School (3.4km) show on map
  32. St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School (3.4km) show on map
  33. Botley School (3.6km) show on map
  34. Grandpont Nursery School (3.6km) show on map
  35. North Hinksey Church of England Primary School (3.6km) show on map
  36. Cheney School (3.6km) show on map
  37. Barton Park Primary School (3.7km) show on map
  38. Oxford Montessori Schools (3.9km) show on map
  39. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School,... (3.9km) show on map
  40. Woodeaton Manor School (4.0km) show on map
  41. St Mary and St John Church of England Primary... (4.1km) show on map
  42. New Hinksey Church of England Primary School (4.1km) show on map
  43. Comper Nursery School (4.1km) show on map
  44. Windmill Primary School (4.3km) show on map
  45. Oxford Spires Academy (4.5km) show on map
  46. Larkrise Primary School (4.6km) show on map
  47. St Frideswide Church of England Primary School (4.6km) show on map
  48. Matthew Arnold School (4.6km) show on map
  49. Edward Feild Primary School (4.7km) show on map
  50. Gosford Hill School (4.7km) show on map
  51. Headington Quarry Nursery School (4.8km) show on map
  52. Greyfriars Catholic School (4.8km) show on map
  53. Bayards Hill School (4.8km) show on map
  54. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington (4.9km) show on map
  55. West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School (4.9km) show on map
  56. Slade Nursery School (4.9km) show on map
  57. Wood Farm Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  58. William Fletcher Primary School (5.0km) show on map
  59. The Iffley Academy (5.0km) show on map
  60. Endeavour Academy, Oxford (5.1km) show on map
  61. St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley (5.3km) show on map
  62. Tyndale Community School (5.4km) show on map
  63. Kings Education (Oxford) (5.5km) show on map
  64. Sandhills Community Primary School (5.7km) show on map
  65. Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School (5.7km) show on map
  66. Dr South's Church of England Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  67. Beckley Church of England Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  68. Rose Hill Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  69. St Francis Church of England Primary School (5.9km) show on map
  70. North Kidlington Primary School (5.9km) show on map
  71. St Peter's Church of England Primary School, ... (6.0km) show on map
  72. Church Cowley St James Church of England Prim... (6.2km) show on map
  73. Cumnor Church of England School (Voluntary Co... (6.5km) show on map
  74. St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore (6.6km) show on map
  75. Emmanuel Christian School (6.6km) show on map
  76. The Oxford Academy (6.6km) show on map
  77. LVS Oxford (6.7km) show on map
  78. John Henry Newman Academy (6.7km) show on map
  79. St Swithun's CofE Primary School (6.8km) show on map
  80. Horspath Church of England Primary School (7.2km) show on map
  81. Orchard Meadow Primary School (7.2km) show on map
  82. Oxfordshire Hospital School (7.3km) show on map
  83. Mabel Prichard School (7.3km) show on map
  84. Orion Academy (7.3km) show on map
  85. Chandlings Prep (7.5km) show on map
  86. Pegasus School (7.6km) show on map
  87. Eynsham Community Primary School (7.6km) show on map
  88. Windale Primary School (7.7km) show on map
  89. Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary ... (7.8km) show on map
  90. Bartholomew School (8.3km) show on map
  91. Sunningwell Church of England Primary School (8.5km) show on map
  92. Wheatley Nursery School (8.6km) show on map
  93. Wheatley Church of England Primary School (8.6km) show on map
  94. John Watson School (8.6km) show on map
  95. Bladon Church of England Primary School (8.7km) show on map
  96. Wheatley Park School (8.9km) show on map
  97. Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary ... (8.9km) show on map
  98. Radley College (9.1km) show on map
  99. Dry Sandford Primary School (9.1km) show on map
  100. Bletchingdon Parochial Church of England Prim... (9.1km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Same Trust
Same Sponsor
Predecessor Schools†
* Other schools occupying the same site, or related to this one through splits or mergers
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. Wanstead High School, London
  2. Ashlawn School, Rugby
  3. St Augustine's Catholic College, Trowbridge
  4. Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove
  5. St Mark's West Essex Catholic School, Harlow
  6. Tapton School & Sixth Form, Sheffield
  7. Caludon Castle School, Coventry
  8. St Simon Stock Catholic School, Maidstone
  9. John F Kennedy Catholic School, Hemel Hempstead
  10. The Brakenhale School, Bracknell
  11. Epsom and Ewell High School
  12. King's Leadership Academy Warrington
  13. Stanborough School, Welwyn Garden City
  14. Ruislip High School
  15. Cambourne Village College, Cambridge
  16. Chilwell School, Nottingham
  17. Brooke Weston Academy, Great Oakley
  18. Highgate Wood Secondary School, London
  19. Emmanuel College, Gateshead
  20. St Benedict's Catholic School, Bury St Edmunds
  21. All Hallows Catholic School, Farnham
  22. Carmel College, Darlington
  23. Samuel Ward Academy, Haverhill
  24. Cheam High School, Sutton
  25. De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
  26. Northgate High School, Ipswich
  27. Goffs Academy, Waltham Cross
  28. Manshead Church of England Academy, Luton
  29. The Hazeley Academy, Milton Keynes
  30. The Bishop of Winchester Academy, Bournemouth
  31. St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  32. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn
  33. Fortismere School, London
  34. Chesterton Community College, Cambridge
  35. Bushey Meads School
  36. Holy Trinity Academy, Telford
  37. All Hallows Catholic College, Macclesfield
  38. Queensbury Academy, Dunstable
  39. The Catholic High School, Chester
  40. Sir Christopher Hatton Academy, Wellingborough
  41. Cheadle Hulme High School
  42. Silverdale School, Sheffield
  43. Croxley Danes School, Rickmansworth
  44. St Paul's Catholic College, Sunbury-on-Thames
  45. Saint Gregory's Catholic College, Bath
  46. The Priory Academy LSST, Lincoln
  47. Felpham Community College, Bognor Regis
  48. Alexandra Park School, London
  49. Vyners School, Uxbridge
  50. Springwood High School, King's Lynn
  51. Bishop Ramsey Church of England School, Ruislip
  52. St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, Bristol
  53. Kingsthorpe College, Northampton
  54. Higham Lane School, Nuneaton
  55. Corby Business Academy
  56. Watling Academy, Milton Keynes
  57. Chancellor's School, Hatfield
  58. Corby Technical School
  59. Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
  60. Abbey Grange Church of England Academy, Leeds
  61. Finham Park School, Coventry
  62. The Henry Box School, Witney
  63. King's School, Hove
  64. The Grange School, Aylesbury
  65. Bishop Walsh Catholic School, Sutton Coldfield
  66. The Langley Academy, Slough
  67. St Philip Howard Catholic School, Bognor Regis
  68. Hazelwick School, Crawley
  69. Denbigh School, Milton Keynes
  70. Cardinal Newman Catholic School, A Specialist Science College, Luton
  71. Ealing Fields Church of England High School, London
  72. Christ The King Voluntary Academy, Nottingham
  73. Glenthorne High School, Sutton
  74. The Deanery CofE Academy, Swindon
  75. East Barnet School
  76. John Taylor Free School, Burton-on-Trent
  77. The Blue Coat School, Liverpool
  78. Harris Academy Falconwood, Welling
  79. The Hemel Hempstead School
  80. Lydiard Park Academy, Swindon
  81. Houlton School, Rugby
  82. Garth Hill College, Bracknell
  83. Woodbridge High School, Woodford Green
  84. Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School, Richmond
  85. St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley
  86. Bristol Cathedral Choir School
  87. St Thomas More Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Nuneaton
  88. The Bulmershe School, Reading
  89. Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull
  90. Copleston High School, Ipswich
  91. John Mason School, Abingdon
  92. The Kingsbrook School, Aylesbury
  93. The Commonweal School, Swindon
  94. Waingels, Reading
  95. The Swan School, Oxford
  96. Allerton Grange School, Leeds
  97. Wellington School, Altrincham
  98. Graveney School, London
  99. Light Hall School, Solihull
  100. Coundon Court, Coventry
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |