# Northern House Academy

Northern House Academy is a special school in Oxford, for pupils aged 5 to 11.

It had 93 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E147784. [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Academy special converter
- Ages: 5 to 11
- Pupils: 93
- Council: Oxford
- URN: 147784

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), June 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 25 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Northern House Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Oxfordshire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Oxfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 92 | 104 | 105 |

Northern House Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Edward's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edwards-school-e123292): 130 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Summer Fields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/summer-fields-school-e123293): 450 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [d'Overbroeck's](https://openindex.co.uk/school/doverbroecks-e123318): 560 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St Clare's, Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-clares-oxford-e133430): 630 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [The Cherwell School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-cherwell-school-e137970): 810 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 58.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Oxford High School GDST](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oxford-high-school-gdst-e123310): 850 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/147784)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147784)

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