Larkmead School is an average-sized secondary school with a sixth form. The students come from predominantly White British backgrounds. The proportion coming from minority ethnic groups, around one tenth, is below national averages. Few students speak English as an additional language. Approximately one fifth of students are disabled or have special educational needs, including those with a statement of special educational needs. This is in line with national averages. About a fifth of students are supported by the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for children who are looked after and students known to be eligible for free school meals. This is less than the national average. The school has a specialist unit which supports a very small number of students with hearing impairments. The school is part of a local sixth form consortium which includes John Mason School, Fitzharrys School and Abingdon and Witney Further Education College. The school shares support for the teaching of literacy with several of its feeder primary schools. The school does not access alternative provision for any of its students. The school meets the government’s current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for students’ attainment and progress by the end of Key Stage 4. It also meets the interim minimum standards for sixth form students.