The Bicester School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Queen's Avenue
 Bicester
 Oxfordshire OX26 2NS
Telephone: 01869 243331

School Type

Phase: Secondary and Sixth Form (ages 11-18)
Type: Sponsor-Led Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2015
History: This school arose from Bicester Community College
Trust: Activate Learning Education Trust
Sponsor: Activate Learning Education Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mrs Sam Knowlton (since September 2025)
Previous Headteacher: Tony Rushworth
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 66.38 / 8.81
Non-teaching Staff*: 41.86
Number of pupils: 1198
Pupils Per Teacher: 18.0
Sex: Mixed (48% boys / 52% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 16.90% (low)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 15.6%
Local child deprivation rate: 8.4% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 27.8%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 37.4%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 16.0km
* 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
Constituency: Banbury
Electoral Ward: Bicester West
School Number: 9314011

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 12th March 2024 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Good

External Links

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

Nearby Schools

  1. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester (0.1km) show on map
  2. Brookside Primary School (0.3km) show on map
  3. Longfields Primary and Nursery School (0.9km) show on map
  4. St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School (1.0km) show on map
  5. King's Meadow Primary School (1.0km) show on map
  6. Bure Park Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  7. The Cooper School (1.3km) show on map
  8. Whitelands Academy (1.4km) show on map
  9. Southwold Primary School (1.5km) show on map
  10. Glory Farm Primary School (1.6km) show on map
  11. Bardwell School (1.6km) show on map
  12. Langford Village Community Primary School (1.7km) show on map
  13. Graven Hill Primary School (2.0km) show on map
  14. Gagle Brook Primary School (2.1km) show on map
  15. Bruern Abbey School (2.3km) show on map
  16. Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided ... (2.3km) show on map
  17. Launton Church of England Primary School (2.7km) show on map
  18. Five Acres Primary School (4.1km) show on map
  19. Fringford Church of England Primary School (6.5km) show on map
  20. Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary ... (7.0km) show on map
  21. Marsh Gibbon CofE Primary School (7.1km) show on map
  22. Heyford Park School (8.2km) show on map
  23. Fritwell Church of England Primary School (8.3km) show on map
  24. Kirtlington Church of England Primary School (8.5km) show on map
  25. Bletchingdon Parochial Church of England Prim... (9.2km) show on map
  26. Twyford C of E School (9.3km) show on map
  27. Dr South's Church of England Primary School (10.0km) show on map
  28. Tackley Church of England Primary School (10.0km) show on map
  29. Grendon Underwood School (10.4km) show on map
  30. Dr Radcliffe's Church of England Primary School (10.8km) show on map
  31. Croughton All Saints CofE Primary School (11.4km) show on map
  32. Beckley Church of England Primary School (11.5km) show on map
  33. Finmere Church of England Primary School (11.6km) show on map
  34. Woodeaton Manor School (11.7km) show on map
  35. Brill Church of England School (11.8km) show on map
  36. North Kidlington Primary School (12.3km) show on map
  37. Edward Feild Primary School (12.3km) show on map
  38. Gosford Hill School (12.4km) show on map
  39. Oakley Church of England Combined School (12.5km) show on map
  40. Oxford Montessori Schools (12.5km) show on map
  41. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington (12.5km) show on map
  42. West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School (12.5km) show on map
  43. Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School (12.8km) show on map
  44. Ashfold School (13.3km) show on map
  45. Beachborough School (13.6km) show on map
  46. Roundwood Primary School (13.6km) show on map
  47. The Marlborough Church of England School (13.7km) show on map
  48. Woodstock Church of England Primary School (14.0km) show on map
  49. Middle Barton Primary School (14.2km) show on map
  50. Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Prim... (14.3km) show on map
  51. LVS Oxford (14.4km) show on map
  52. Magdalen College School (14.4km) show on map
  53. Deddington Church of England Primary School (14.4km) show on map
  54. Cutteslowe Primary School (14.5km) show on map
  55. Winchester House School (14.5km) show on map
  56. Waynflete Infants' School (14.6km) show on map
  57. Brackley Church of England Junior School (14.7km) show on map
  58. William Fletcher Primary School (14.7km) show on map
  59. Barton Park Primary School (14.8km) show on map
  60. d'Overbroeck's (15.0km) show on map
  61. Sandhills Community Primary School (15.2km) show on map
  62. Wolvercote Primary School (15.2km) show on map
  63. Bladon Church of England Primary School (15.3km) show on map
  64. St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School (15.3km) show on map
  65. New Marston Primary School (15.3km) show on map
  66. Bracken Leas Primary School (15.3km) show on map
  67. Summer Fields School (15.3km) show on map
  68. The Swan School (15.4km) show on map
  69. Meadowbrook College (15.4km) show on map
  70. Bayards Hill School (15.4km) show on map
  71. Endeavour Academy, Oxford (15.4km) show on map
  72. Ruskin College (15.4km) show on map
  73. Northern House Academy (15.5km) show on map
  74. The Cherwell School (15.6km) show on map
  75. St Edward's School (15.6km) show on map
  76. Oxford High School GDST (15.7km) show on map
  77. Kings Sutton Primary Academy (15.7km) show on map
  78. Royal Latin School (15.8km) show on map
  79. East Claydon Church of England School (15.8km) show on map
  80. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford (15.8km) show on map
  81. St Clare's, Oxford (15.8km) show on map
  82. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School,... (15.9km) show on map
  83. The Buckingham School (16.0km) show on map
  84. The Radstone Primary School (16.0km) show on map
  85. Headington Quarry Nursery School (16.0km) show on map
  86. George Grenville Academy (16.0km) show on map
  87. Lace Hill Academy (16.1km) show on map
  88. Padbury Church of England School (16.2km) show on map
  89. Dragon School (16.2km) show on map
  90. Wheatley Park School (16.3km) show on map
  91. Windmill Primary School (16.3km) show on map
  92. Wychwood School (16.4km) show on map
  93. Headington Rye Oxford (16.4km) show on map
  94. St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School (16.5km) show on map
  95. St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City (16.6km) show on map
  96. St Philip and James' Church of England Aided ... (16.6km) show on map
  97. Quainton Church of England School (16.7km) show on map
  98. Bourton Meadow Academy (16.8km) show on map
  99. Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary... (16.8km) show on map
  100. Slade Nursery School (16.8km) show on map
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Associated Schools

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

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