Fitzharrys School is a secondary academy in Abingdon, United Kingdom with 906 pupils, part of Abingdon Learning Trust. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Exam invigilator (closes 20 November). Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Will Speke, Headteacher
Trust or group
Abingdon Learning Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
906 pupils · 51% girls · 7.2% eligible for free school meals · 10.8% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
153 (16.9%) on SEN support · 43 (4.7%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Location
Abingdon, OX14 1NP, United Kingdom
Telephone
01235520698
Visa sponsorship
Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A), as Abingdon Learning Trust. Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
Salary £13.49 an hourCloses 20 NovStarts as soon as possible
Part timeAdministration and business
We seek to appoint enthusiastic and committed invigilators to start as soon as possible. The successful applicants will work within the exams team at Fitzharrys School and will be…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
46.2
48.1%
2024/25
46.0
52.6%
2023/24
45.5
43.3%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
25 April 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
49.8
18.2
–
0
£54,787
2024/25
43.5
19.4
12%
0
£48,686
2023/24
41.0
18.7
12%
1
£45,636
2022/23
38.9
18.9
13%
0
£45,307
2021/22
37.3
18.2
12%
0
£42,674
2020/21
33.4
18.7
4%
0
£44,510
Earlier years (2018/19 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
30.3
19.7
20%
0
£43,210
2018/19
23.2
23.8
9%
0
£43,870
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
7.9%
1.2%
19.3%
2.9%
2024/25
8.4%
2.1%
20.4%
4.1%
2023/24
8.8%
2.7%
22.2%
3.9%
2022/23
9.9%
2.4%
28.0%
5.3%
2021/22
9.0%
1.6%
27.1%
2.2%
2020/21
4.2%
0.5%
9.1%
0.4%
Earlier years (2018/19 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
5.0%
1.1%
13.4%
1.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
9 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 5 teaching, 4 support. Most often advertised: Learning Support Assistant (2), Teacher of English (2), Administrative Support Assistant. Last advertised September 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.