Futures Institute Banbury
Secondary · Studio schools · Mixed · Oxfordshire
Ruskin Road, Banbury, OX16 9HY
63
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
—
No council data
Attendance
92.6%
22.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
116
Capacity used
Has space39%
300 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Studio schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 14–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Julia Ingham
- Address
- Ruskin Road, Banbury, OX16 9HY
- Phone
- 01295257942
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Banbury Calthorpe and Easington · Banbury
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 140886
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 26% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 22% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST
116 pupils · 300 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
07 December 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 98 pupils
Attendance
92.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.56 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 41% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.86 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 27.11 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 38.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.35 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 47 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.86 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 33.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 9 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 46 | 20% | 57% | 67% | |
| English Language | 46 | 9% | 41% | 65% | |
| Biology | 43 | 14% | 63% | 67% | |
| Physics | 43 | 9% | 51% | 63% | |
| Chemistry | 43 | 7% | 53% | 65% | |
| English Literature | 43 | 14% | 37% | 65% | |
| Geography | 29 | 21% | 55% | 76% | |
| Computer Science | 28 | 21% | 71% | 86% | |
| Engineering | 24 | 8% | 17% | 25% | |
| Art and Design | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 8 | 0% | 50% | 75% | |
| Physics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Computer Science | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Business Studies | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Law | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Economics | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Sociology | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #352 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 19414: Space Studio Banbury
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Oxfordshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.