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Europa School UK

All-through · Abingdon · OX14 3DZ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 30 April 2024

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At a glance

1,146 pupils · 97% of 1,176 capacity

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
2.4% of pupils
English as additional language
50.6% of pupils
SEN support
10.5% of pupils
EHC plan
0.8% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://europaschooluk.org
URN
138269

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.27 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 114 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2025

0.00 first-choice applications per place

0 places offered · 0 first-choice applications · usually has places

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

90 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

58 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
0.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
1.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
1.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
0.1
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) NE

no pupils entered

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 1% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£6,416
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
95%
Continuing in education
93%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
52%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
14%
Any sustained destination
76%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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