North Oxfordshire Academy

Academy in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

52°04′19″N 1°22′04″W / 52.07202°N 1.36783°W / 52.07202; -1.36783InformationTypeAcademyEstablished2007Local authorityOxfordshireDepartment for Education URN135365 TablesOfstedReportsPrincipalAlison MerrillsGenderCoeducationalAge11 to 18Enrolment950 pupils (approx.)Websitehttp://www.northoxfordshire-academy.org

North Oxfordshire Academy is a coeducational academy school in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. It opened in September 2007, replacing the comprehensive Drayton School. It caters for children and young adults between the ages of 11 and 18.

The Academy

North Oxfordshire Academy is a part of United Learning. Pupils officially started learning at the academy on Monday 10 September 2007. Pupils had an opening ceremony on Thursday 13 September 2007 to commemorate them as the foundation (First) pupils to be in the academy. They were presented with a certificate and a badge. At the end of the summer term 2007, two of the school’s four main blocks, A Block and C block, were cleared and sealed off ready for refurbishment work that was due to start in September 2007. Its sixth form opened in September 2008. In a recent Ofsted/HMI report the officials advised that the academy had innovative strategies to improve the teaching and learning and confirmed that the academy was continuing to move in a positive direction.

When the Academy was established a new block was built with a new hall, reception, canteen and pupil support classrooms.

It was originally to be called Banbury Academy but due to opposition from Wykham Park Academy (formerly known as Banbury School), the name was changed to North Oxfordshire Academy. The cost of the academy is estimated to be around £20 million.

The school day

The academy day starts at 08:30 and finishes at 15:20 each day. The exception to this is Thursdays, which change the school day to finish at 15:30, and Fridays in which pupils finish at 14:50. The timetable consists of four 1 hour & 20 minute periods each day, and this includes one 20-minute break, one 40-minute lunch break and one tutor lesson after lunch.

Principals

Ruth Robinson (2007–2011)
Sara Billins (2011–2020)
Alison Merrills (2020–present)

External links

North Oxfordshire Academy
United Learning Official Website
March 2009 Ofsted/HMI Report

Schools in Oxfordshire

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Secondary

Independent (preparatory)

Independent

Special

Further education

Former

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State-funded schools	The Albion Academy Accrington Academy Avonbourne Boys' Academy Avonbourne Girls' Academy Bacon's College Barnsley Academy Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology Castle View Academy Coleridge Community College The Cornerstone Academy Ernest Bevin Academy Glenmoor Academy Goresbrook School Holland Park School Huish Episcopi Academy The Hurlingham Academy The Hyndburn Academy Irlam & Cadishead Academy The John Roan School John Smeaton Academy Kettering Buccleuch Academy Lambeth Academy The Lowry Academy Manchester Academy Marsden Heights Community College Midhurst Rother College Newstead Wood School North Oxfordshire Academy Northampton Academy Nova Hreod Academy Paddington Academy Parkside Community College The Regis School Richard Rose Central Academy Richard Rose Morton Academy Salford City Academy Seahaven Academy Sedgehill School Sheffield Park Academy Sheffield Springs Academy Shoreham Academy Stockport Academy Swindon Academy The Totteridge Academy Trumpington Community College Walthamstow Academy William Hulme's Grammar School Winton Academy Wye School
Private schools	AKS Lytham Ashford School Dunottar School Embley Guildford High School Hull Collegiate School Lincoln Minster School Surbiton High School

United Learning schools

State-funded schools