Icknield Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Oxfordshire
Love Lane, Watlington, OX49 5RB
67
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
99%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.0%
21.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
804
Capacity used
Over capacity115%
700 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
99%
1st preference success rate
147 of 148 families who put it first got an offer
161
Places offered
309
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 148 | 147 | ● 99% |
| 2nd preference | 98 | 8 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 46 | 2 | ● 4% |
| 4th preference | 17 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 309 | 157 | 51% |
1st preference success by year
Oxfordshire lets families list 4 preferences. 51 applications came from outside the council area (36 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Mat Hunter
- Address
- Love Lane, Watlington, OX49 5RB
- Phone
- 01491612691
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Watlington · Henley and Thame
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 143984
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 16% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 20% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ACER TRUST
804 pupils · 700 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
04 December 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 788 pupils
Attendance
92.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
21.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.6%
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 | 47.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.24 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 66% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.41 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 51.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 66.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.91 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 130 | — |
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.
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 | 128 | 35% | 59% | 79% | |
| English Language | 128 | 18% | 59% | 71% | |
| English Literature | 125 | 18% | 59% | 70% | |
| Combined Science | 93 | 14% | 53% | 72% | |
| History | 87 | 39% | 63% | 72% | |
| Spanish | 56 | 29% | 55% | 64% | |
| Geography | 50 | 44% | 66% | 76% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 47 | 26% | 40% | 49% | |
| Physical Education | 39 | 23% | 59% | 77% | |
| Art and Design | 36 | 31% | 50% | 69% | |
| Biology | 33 | 82% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 33 | 79% | 100% | 100% |
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.