Orion Academy
Special schoolOrion Academy is a special school in Oxford, for pupils aged 10 to 18. It had 74 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Orion Academy was 2.6, against 46.4 in Oxford and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Oxford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 2.6 | 46.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 48.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 62.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 18 | – | – |
- Orion 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.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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
In a straight line- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, LittlemorePrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)600 m
- Windale Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- The Oxford AcademySecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 31.2 (2025/26, provisional)730 m
- Orchard Meadow Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2022. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- Oxfordshire Hospital SchoolSpecial. School remains Outstanding, June 2023830 m
- Mabel Prichard SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade870 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Oxford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).