North Oxfordshire Academy

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Oxfordshire council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 219 families put this school as their first choice, and 171 places were offered. 166 of the families who put it first got a place (76%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 9 November 2022: School remains Good.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–19

Pupils

1004 (capacity 1150)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

UNITED LEARNING TRUST

Phone

01295224300

Address

Drayton Road, Banbury, OX16 0UD

Website

northoxfordshire-academy.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports