Chenderit School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Banbury, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chenderit School is a secondary school in Banbury, West Northamptonshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Chenderit School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, 229 first-choice applications for 166 offers; 161 offers went to first-choice families, and 68 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2026, 201 of the 443 applications for Year 7 came from families living outside West Northamptonshire; 29 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 50 (England 46).
- In 2024/25 the A level average grade was C (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Archery Road, Middleton Cheney, Banbury, OX17 2QR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,104 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and students are polite and helpful.”
- “Leaders have high expectations for every pupil’s behaviour and attainment.”
- “Pupils and teachers treat one another with respect.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not consistently ensure that pupils in Years 7 to 11 connect their knowledge logically over time.”
- “This can limit how well pupils build their understanding.”
- “Some teachers in Years 7 to 11 do not address pupils’ misunderstandings before moving learning on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 229 first-preference applications, 166 offers in total, 161 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Northamptonshire.
- Magdalen College School 6.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Silverstone UTC 10.5 mi Requires improvement
- Sponne School 12.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Parker E-ACT Academy 13.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Campion School 14.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Roade Village Academy 16.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elizabeth Woodville School 16.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Abbeyfield School 18.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published