Oxford Academy, Oxfordshire

The Oxford Academy
Motto	Learning and Leading for the World of Tomorrow
Established	2008
Type	Secondary school with academy status
Headteacher	Mr David Brown
Location	Sandy Lane West Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 6JZ England Coordinates: 51°46′30″N 1°15′41″W / 51.774983°N 1.261459°W / 51.774983; -1.261459
Local authority	Oxfordshire
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Website	www.theoxfordacademy.org.uk

The Oxford Academy is a co-educational state secondary school in Littlemore, Oxford, England. Formerly Peers School, it was re-opened as an Academy in September 2008 and is the state secondary school for The Leys, Rose Hill and Littlemore. It has specialist status in mathematics, computing, and sport.

The Academy

The Oxford Academy opened in September 2008 on the site of Peers School, which had been designated a failing school. It initially used the existing buildings from the former school. In March 2009 the construction of a new, purpose-built £33 million school building was approved by Oxfordshire County Council.^[1] The new building was opened to pupils in February 2011.^[2] The Academy was placed in special measures in January 2013, following an Ofsted inspection in November 2012. David Brown was appointed headmaster as a result of the inspection. In January 2015 the school's rating was improved and it was taken out of special measures.^[3]

The Academy's sponsors are Beecroft Trust (a charitable initiative of venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft), the Diocese of Oxford, and Oxford Brookes University. It has 1,267 students, including a sixth form. Class sizes are smaller than average in the state sector, with between 20 and 25 students in a class rather than between 25 and 30.^[4]

References

↑ "Oxford Academy gets £33m rebuild". BBC News (London). 26 March 2009.
↑ "Oxford Academy ready to open doors of its new building". Oxford Mail (Oxford). 21 February 2011.
↑ "Oxford Academy gets itself out of special measures". Oxford Mail (Oxford). 10 January 2015.
↑ "Oxford Academy gets itself out of special measures". Oxford Mail (Oxford). 10 January 2015.

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Schools in Oxfordshire

Secondary	Banbury Academy Bartholomew School The Bicester School Blessed George Napier RC School Burford School Carterton Community College Cheney School Cherwell School Chiltern Edge School Chipping Norton School Cooper School Didcot Girls' School Faringdon Community College Fitzharrys School Gillotts School Gosford Hill School Henry Box School Icknield Community College John Mason School King Alfred's Academy Langtree School Larkmead School Lord Williams's School Marlborough School, Woodstock Matthew Arnold School North Oxfordshire Academy The Oxford Academy Oxford Spires Academy St Birinus School St Gregory the Great RC School Wallingford School The Warriner School Wheatley Park School UTC Oxfordshire Wood Green School

Independent (preparatory)	Abingdon Preparatory School Christ Church Cathedral School Cothill House Dragon School Emmanuel Christian School New College School The Oratory Preparatory School Rupert House School St Hugh's School Summer Fields School

Independent	Abingdon School Al-Madina School Bloxham School Carfax Tutorial Establishment Cokethorpe School Cranford House School D'Overbroeck's College Education First EF International Academy European School, Culham Greene's Tutorial College Headington School Kingham Hill School King's School Magdalen College School The Oratory School Our Lady's Abingdon Oxford High School Oxford International College Oxford Montessori Schools Radley College Rye St Antony School St Clare's School St Edward's School St Helen and St Katharine Shiplake College Sibford School Tudor Hall School

Special	Bishopswood School Mulberry Bush School Parklands Campus Swalcliffe Park School

Further education	Abingdon and Witney College Banbury and Bicester College City of Oxford College Denman College Henley College

Former	Carmel College City of Oxford High School for Boys Drayton School Falconbury School Milham Ford School Peers School Southfield Grammar School Oxford Military College St Mary's School, Wantage

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