Cookies help us to understand how you use our website so that we can provide you with the best experience when you are on our site. To find out more, read our privacy policy and cookie policy.
Manage Cookies
A cookie is information stored on your computer by a website you visit. Cookies often store your settings for a website, such as your preferred language or location. This allows the site to present you with information customized to fit your needs. As per the GDPR law, companies need to get your explicit approval to collect your data. Some of these cookies are ‘strictly necessary’ to provide the basic functions of the website and can not be turned off, while others if present, have the option of being turned off. Learn more about our Privacy and Cookie policies. These can be managed also from our cookie policy page.
Strictly necessary cookies(always on):
Necessary for enabling core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. This cannot be turned off. e.g. Sign in, Language
Analytics cookies:
Analytical cookies help us to analyse user behaviour, mainly to see if the users are able to find and act on things that they are looking for. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. Tools used: Google Analytics
Share Expansion of Wallingford School on FacebookShare Expansion of Wallingford School on TwitterShare Expansion of Wallingford School on LinkedinEmail Expansion of Wallingford School link
Consultation has concluded
UPDATE: The expansion of Wallingford School has now been approved by the Regional Schools Commissioner.
Wallingford School is a secondary school serving the Wallingford area in the South Oxfordshire District. Prior to 2020 the school had a Planned Admission Number (PAN) of 190 (i.e. the school admitted up to 190 children each year into its Year 7 classes) and it has a total capacity of 1211. Following a consultation in 2017, for the 2020 and 2021 intakes the school has increased its admission number to 216. To accommodate the additional demand from population growth within its catchment area the school now wishes to expand permanently to support an annual admission number of 242 from September 2022 onwards.
Once all year groups are operating at the new size, the school’s total capacity would be 1,210 pupils across Key Stages 3 and 4, plus the sixth form, which would be expected to grow to approximately 340 students. The total capacity of the school would therefore be approximately 1,550 pupils.
The school would require additional accommodation, and is planning for a new 2-storey classroom block. Planning permission for this was granted by South Oxfordshire District Council in January 2020, full details of the proposed building including plans and elevations are available on the South Oxfordshire District Council website (planning ref: P19/S0191/FUL).
Following this consultation, the academy trust will submit a business case (including the results of the consultation) to the Regional Schools Commissioner, who would make the final decision.
UPDATE: The expansion of Wallingford School has now been approved by the Regional Schools Commissioner.
Wallingford School is a secondary school serving the Wallingford area in the South Oxfordshire District. Prior to 2020 the school had a Planned Admission Number (PAN) of 190 (i.e. the school admitted up to 190 children each year into its Year 7 classes) and it has a total capacity of 1211. Following a consultation in 2017, for the 2020 and 2021 intakes the school has increased its admission number to 216. To accommodate the additional demand from population growth within its catchment area the school now wishes to expand permanently to support an annual admission number of 242 from September 2022 onwards.
Once all year groups are operating at the new size, the school’s total capacity would be 1,210 pupils across Key Stages 3 and 4, plus the sixth form, which would be expected to grow to approximately 340 students. The total capacity of the school would therefore be approximately 1,550 pupils.
The school would require additional accommodation, and is planning for a new 2-storey classroom block. Planning permission for this was granted by South Oxfordshire District Council in January 2020, full details of the proposed building including plans and elevations are available on the South Oxfordshire District Council website (planning ref: P19/S0191/FUL).
Following this consultation, the academy trust will submit a business case (including the results of the consultation) to the Regional Schools Commissioner, who would make the final decision.
