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Activate Learning

URN
134153
Phase
16 plus
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Activate Learning
URN
134153
Phase
16 plus
Gender
Mixed
Age range
16-99
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

25 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

14

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

65

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Admissions

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Local authority
Oxfordshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Oxfordshire)
School website
www.activatelearning.ac.uk

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Post-16 (A level)

Below average

Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

Average point score per entry

APS

23.0

Value added

Value added

-0.34

AAB with two facilitating subjects

AAB %

2.6%

Retention

Retention %

Not published

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

Location

OX1 1SA - Oxpens Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Contact details

Address
Oxpens Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Postcode
OX1 1SA
Phone
8006126008
Website
www.activatelearning.ac.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Oxfordshire
Local authority code
931

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 675 schools in Oxfordshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

675

Open schools

370

Closed schools

304

Primary schools

402

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Secondary schools

    79

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary402 (61.5%)
    • Secondary79 (12.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other173 (26.5%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Oxford College of Further Education0 m16 plusClosed
    Cherwell College Oxford426 mNot applicableOpen
    Oxford Media & Business School437 mNot applicableOpen
    Carfax College448 mNot applicableClosed
    Christ Church Cathedral School464 mNot applicableOpen
    Bellerbys College Oxford470 mNot applicableClosed
    Edward Greenes Tutorial Establishment500 mNot applicableClosed
    Royale International School of Education500 mNot applicableClosed
    Abacus College At Threeways House534 mNot applicableClosed
    Oxford Tutorial College571 mNot applicableClosed
    • Oxford College of Further Education
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      16 plus
      Status
      Closed
    • Cherwell College Oxford
      Distance
      426 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Oxford Media & Business School
      Distance
      437 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Carfax College
      Distance
      448 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

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    Oxford College of Further Education16 plusOX1 1SAClosed
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      Postcode
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      Postcode
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    • Oxford College of Further Education
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    Phase
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    500 m
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  • Royale International School of Education
    Distance
    500 m
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  • Abacus College At Threeways House
    Distance
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    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
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  • Oxford Tutorial College
    Distance
    571 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Plater College
    Phase
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    Postcode
    OX3 0DT
    Status
    Closed