Community special school

Frank Wise School

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formOxfordshire, South East · Banbury OX16 9RLSchool website
Pupils on roll
119of 117 places
Free school meals
38.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
7
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 6 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Frank Wise School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Frank Wise School’s own sixth form (Oxfordshire average 45%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Oxfordshire and England.

Frank Wise School
Oxfordshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureFrank Wise SchoolOxfordshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort96,906607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%85%86%
— school sixth form0%45%34%
— sixth form college0%4%13%
— further education college0%34%37%
— other education100%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Oxfordshire

Aureus School

Academy sponsor led · 531 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7

Bartholomew School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,390 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.0

Burford School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,452 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.4

Cheney School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,706 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.