Consultation on the Proposed Changes to the Designated Area of North Oxfordshire Academy from 1 September 2022

Consultation on the proposed changes to the Designated Area of North Oxfordshire Academy from 1 September 2022

Consultation Period: 16 December 2020 - 27 January 2021

Background

North Oxfordshire Academy is an 11-18 school in Banbury, North Oxfordshire.

Places at the academy are given in accordance with Oxfordshire County Council’s co- ordinated admissions arrangements. Its admissions policy is in line with that of other local schools giving priority to those children with a Statement of Special Educational Need, Looked-After children, and children with disabilities. Places are then given to children whose permanent address is closest to the academy i.e. those living in the academy’s designated area which is also known as ‘catchment area’, of these places first priority will go to those with siblings at the academy.

The designated area, which has not been reviewed for many years, is currently split into two parts: i. Addresses in Banbury ii. A rural area encompassing the civil parishes of Bourton, Claydon with Clattercote, Cropredy, Mollington, Prescote and Wardington.

This split is due to the fact that historically very few residential addresses existed in the area of north Banbury between the two parts of the designated area. With the construction of a new development in north Banbury this has now changed. There are therefore a number of children living close to the academy who are unsuccessful in their application for a place even though North Oxfordshire Academy is their nearest secondary school. This is because they do not live in the designated area for the academy while others living further away have been offered a place.

The Proposal

North Oxfordshire Academy is proposing to change its designated area in order to better serve those living closest to the academy. It seeks to correct the historical anomaly of a split area and create a single contiguous designated area.

The academy is therefore proposing to change the designated area of the academy to create a more logical boundary in the town and to add new residential addresses in the northern part of the town that have the academy as their closest school.

If approved, the proposed changes to the designated area would come into effect from 1 September 2022. There are no other proposed changes to the school admissions policy.

North Oxfordshire Academy Drayton Road Banbury

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Within the town of Banbury itself, the following changes are proposed (see Annex and accompanying maps for further details):

• Golden Villa Close to be added to the designated area; • Designated area boundary to continue along the centre of Orchard Way to the junction with Warwick Road; • Designated area boundary to run west along the centre of Warwick Road to the junction with Ruscote Avenue; • Designated area boundary to continue along the centre of Ruscote Avenue to the roundabout junction with Southam Road/Hennef Way; • Designated area boundary to continue along the centre of the A422 Hennef Way to the M40 Junction 11; • Designated area boundary to continue north along the centre of the M40 to the corner of the civil parish of Bourton; • Designated area boundary to run south from the civil parish of Bourton along Hanwell Brook (border of the civil parishes of Hanwell and Banbury) and continue to follow the civil parish boundary line along the southern edge of the civil parish of Hanwell.

Responding to the consultation

If you would like to comment on this consultation, please send your response to:

By Post:

Admission Consultation North Oxfordshire Academy Drayton Road Banbury OX16 0UD

By email: [email protected]

By survey response: Click here complete our online survey

The closing date for responses is Wednesday 27 January 2021

Following the consultation period United Learning and North Oxfordshire Academy will consider any comments received and decide how to proceed. Admissions arrangements for September 2022 will be published by Oxfordshire County Council.

North Oxfordshire Academy Drayton Road Banbury

ANNEX

623 residential addresses proposed to be added to the new designated areas of North Oxfordshire Academy.

Banbury View 6 addresses

Beesley Road 22 addresses

Bourton Road 90 addresses

Chacombe Crescent 32 addresses

Claydon Close 39 addresses

Cromwell Court 8 addresses

Cromwell Road (Odds 1 to 33) 18 addresses

Donaldson Court 10 addresses

Edgcote Way 21 addresses

Golden Villa Close 23 addresses

Hardwick Hill 43 addresses

Horley Drive 43 addresses

Hornton Drive 58 addresses

Lawrence Close 0 addresses

Marston Close 35 addresses

Meads Farm Lane 2 addresses

Miller Road 52 addresses

Orchard Close 18 addresses

Orchard Way (Evens 4 – 48) 23 addresses

Southam Road 5 addresses

North Oxfordshire Academy Drayton Road Banbury

Thenford Way 27 addresses

Wardington Road 37 addresses

Warwick Road (odds 171 – 213) 11 addresses

203 other addresses proposed to be added to the new designated areas of North Oxfordshire Academy.

Acorn Way (Banbury Gateway) 19 addresses

Beaumont Close (Beaumont Industrial Estate) 26 addresses

Beaumont Road (Beaumont Industrial Estate) 41 addresses

Brookhill Way (Wildmere Industrial Estate) 5 addresses

Grimsbury Green (Grimsbury Manor) 1 address

Jugglers Close (Wildmere Industrial Estate) 8 addresses

Lockheed Close (Banbury Retail Park) 21 addresses

Manor Park (Wildmere Industrial Estate) 10 addresses

Noral Way (Banbury Office Village, Hardwick Business Park and Northgate Office Village) 21 addresses

Ruscote Avenue (Aldi Store) 1 address

Southam Road (Cherwell Business Village) 106 addresses

Wardington Road (Cherry Fields School) 1 address

Water Works Road 3 addresses

Wates Way (Wildmere Industrial Estate) 3 addresses

Wildmere Close (Wildmere Industrial Estate) 6 addresses

Wildmere Road (Wildmere Industrial Estate) 32 addresses

North Oxfordshire Academy Drayton Road Banbury

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Oxfordshire County Council Licence No 100023343 2020 Author: Oxfordshire County Council µ Detail for Ruscote Avenue area

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Oxfordshire County Council Licence No 100023343 2020 Author: Oxfordshire County Council µ Detail for Southam Road area

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Oxfordshire County Council Licence No 100023343 2020 Author: Oxfordshire County Council µ Proposed new Designated Area (detail of Banbury)

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Oxfordshire County Council Licence No 100023343 2020 Author: Oxfordshire County Council µ Proposed new Designated Area from 1 September 2022

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Oxfordshire County Council Licence No 100023343 2020 Author: Oxfordshire County Council µ Current Designated Area (detail of Banbury)

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Oxfordshire County Council Licence No 100023343 2020 Author: Oxfordshire County Council µ Current Designated Area until 31 August 2022

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Oxfordshire County Council Licence No 100023343 2020 Author: Oxfordshire County Council