Futures Institute Banbury

Futures Institute Banbury is a secondary with sixth form in Oxfordshire, teaching students from the ages of 14-18. The school specialises in Space, Aerospace, Science and Maths, and is provisioned to accommodate 300 students, with 75 in each year group. Aspects of the curriculum will be developed and delivered by staff from the UK Space Agency, ESA and the National Space Academy programme. All students in Years 12 and 13 will follow at least three mainstream A level or Level 3 BTEC courses alongside real industry led project work assignments. Students at the Futures Institute will have close links and regular visits with the scientific research organisations and companies.

The school an Inspiration Training Venue which contains fitness equipment, such as exercise machines and weights. There is a discrete outside space for the use of the Futures Institute students only, as well as access to the extensive green sports fields and PE facilities on Aspirations Campus. The Futures Institute is based on the site of Wykham Park Academy Banbury, and share the same principal. The town of Banbury has a population of 47,000, and is 21 miles northwest of Oxford.

Principal

Julia Ingham & Carly Berry 

Values and vision

Futures Institute Banbury delivers an exciting new design for Scientific and Mathematical Learning – a vibrant combination of high quality scientific education and industry-related interaction that will equip young people with the abilities and qualifications they need to prevail in competitive job markets. The aim of the school is to ensure that young people are well equipped to become skilled technicians, operators, engineers, scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs in aerospace and space related industries.

Futures Institute operates in a different way to a conventional school, including a longer academic day. This approach is designed to suit students who are looking to take an independent and responsible approach to learning; who are adaptable and dynamic when faced when challenges; and who are eager to work in collaboration with others.