The Swan School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Oxfordshire
Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, OX2 7WP
80
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 13/09/2023
Application demand
63%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.8%
20.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,057
Capacity used
Has space84%
1,260 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
63%
1st preference success rate
146 of 233 families who put it first got an offer
178
Places offered
838
Total applications
4.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 233 | 146 | ● 63% |
| 2nd preference | 338 | 31 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 155 | 1 | ● 1% |
| 4th preference | 112 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 838 | 178 | 21% |
1st preference success by year
Oxfordshire lets families list 4 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Kay Wood
- Address
- Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, OX2 7WP
- Phone
- 01865416070
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Marston · Oxford East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 147203
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 31% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: RIVER LEARNING TRUST
1,057 pupils · 1,260 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
13 September 2023
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 879 pupils
Attendance
92.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.6%
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 | 55.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.55 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 66% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 77% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.48 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.50 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 68.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 80% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 87.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.44 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 120 | — |
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 | 36.59 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 10.7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 28 | — |
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 | 117 | 43% | 74% | 84% | |
| English Language | 117 | 27% | 71% | 82% | |
| English Literature | 113 | 31% | 81% | 88% | |
| French | 105 | 28% | 50% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 72 | 11% | 57% | 82% | |
| Geography | 66 | 35% | 65% | 76% | |
| History | 45 | 51% | 76% | 87% | |
| Business | 45 | 31% | 64% | 78% | |
| Social Studies | 44 | 25% | 55% | 70% | |
| Biology | 41 | 83% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 41 | 98% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 41 | 83% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 10 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |
| Mathematics | 9 | 11% | 33% | 67% | |
| Biology | 8 | 0% | 0% | 38% | |
| Economics | 8 | 13% | 13% | 50% | |
| Sociology | 8 | 13% | 25% | 63% | |
| Computer Science | 8 | 13% | 38% | 63% | |
| History | 6 | 0% | 33% | 50% | |
| Psychology | 6 | 0% | 17% | 33% | |
| Business Studies | 6 | 0% | 50% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 6 | 0% | 33% | 67% | |
| Geography | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 20957: The Swan School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
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.