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Futures Institute Banbury

URN
140886
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Futures Institute Banbury
URN
140886
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

48 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

38

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

20

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

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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: Below Average
  • 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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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
25 January 2023
Inspection date
7 December 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 25 January 2023

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Oxfordshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Oxfordshire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://www.futuresbanbury.org

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Performance & outcomes

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 Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

41.1

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

38.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

63.8%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

0.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

OX16 9HY - Ruskin Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire

Contact details

Address
Ruskin Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Postcode
OX16 9HY
Phone
1295257942
Website
https://www.futuresbanbury.org
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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.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    25 January 20237 December 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 25 January 2023
    • School remains Good

      Published
      25 January 2023
      Inspected
      7 December 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    EBacc achievement

    0.0%

    Post-16 (A level)

    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

    37.9

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.35

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    33.3%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    78.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    12.0%

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

    Secondary schools

    79

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

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

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Banbury School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Wykham Park84 mSecondaryOpen
    Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form291 mSecondaryOpen
    Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sports College426 mSecondaryClosed
    Harriers Ground Community Primary School673 mPrimaryClosed
    Harriers Banbury Academy673 mPrimaryOpen
    Queensway School710 mPrimaryOpen
    English Language Training718 mNot applicableOpen
    The Grange Community Primary School815 mPrimaryOpen
    St John's Priory School838 mNot applicableOpen
    • Banbury School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Wykham Park
      Distance
      84 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form
      Distance
      291 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sports College
      Distance
      426 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed

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    • Bicester Community College
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    Distance
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    Phase
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    Status
    Closed
  • Harriers Banbury Academy
    Distance
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    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Queensway School
    Distance
    710 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • English Language Training
    Distance
    718 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
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  • The Grange Community Primary School
    Distance
    815 m
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  • St John's Priory School
    Distance
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  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    OX26 2NS
    Status
    Closed