Aureus School
Academy sponsor led · 531 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7
Academy special sponsor led
Kingfisher School
- Pupils on roll
- 113of 110 places
- Free school meals
- 28.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 13
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 20 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kingfisher School (URN 130368, until 29 November 2012).
What the data says
Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Kingfisher School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Kingfisher School’s own sixth form (Oxfordshire average 45%), 22% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Kingfisher School | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 6,906 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 45% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 22% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 78% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 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
Bartholomew School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,390 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.0
Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form
Academy converter · sixth form · 943 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5
Burford School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,452 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.4
Carterton Community College
Community school · sixth form · 774 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.8
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.