Orion Academy
Academy special sponsor led · Mixed · Oxfordshire
Knights Road, Oxford, OX4 6DQ
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 04/06/2024
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
68.9%
61.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
74
Capacity used
Has space79%
94 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Age range
- 10–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Julia Hyde
- Address
- Knights Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, OX4 6DQ
- Phone
- 01865771703
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Northfield Brook · Oxford East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 147728
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 65% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 1% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE GALLERY TRUST
74 pupils · 94 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
04 June 2024
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 75 pupils
Attendance
68.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
31.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
61.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
32.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
10.0%
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 over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 4.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.24 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 13 | — |
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 | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| English Language | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.