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State secondary schools in Oxfordshire

42 schools · South East · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Oxfordshire has 42 state secondaries, 35 of them with sixth forms. 85.4% of families got their first choice last year, about the national picture. Results run from 1.7% to 76% passing English and maths, a spread of 74 points, with a middle school at 47.9%, almost exactly England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 4 rated Outstanding, 31 Good, 1 Requires improvement. 6 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

42 schools in Oxfordshire. Tap one, or see the full list.
2% 76% passed English & maths no figure

Oxfordshire against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

48%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

3% above England

England 45%

46.4

Attainment 8 average score

in line with England

England 46.1

22%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

in line with England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Oxfordshire

85.4%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

95.6%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

42%

Appeals upheld78 of 184 heard

These are figures for Oxfordshire as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Oxfordshire's 41 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 2% to 76%. That is a spread of 74 percentage points, wider than most councils.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Oxfordshire schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathsenglish literatureenglish languagegeographyphysicshistorychemistrybiologycombined sciencebusiness studiesartphysical educationcomputer sciencespanishfrenchdesign technologyreligious studiesfood technology
  1. 1 Langtree School Reading · 20 entries 95%
  2. 2 Chipping Norton School Chipping Norton · 31 entries 94%
  3. 3 Burford School Burford · 55 entries 82%
  4. 4 The Cherwell School Oxford · 50 entries 80%
  5. 5 Lord Williams's School Thame · 77 entries 78%
  6. 6 Oxford Spires Academy Oxford · 44 entries 77%
  7. 7 Bartholomew School Witney · 44 entries 75%
  8. 8 Faringdon Community College Faringdon · 50 entries 70%
  9. 9 Wallingford School Wallingford · 36 entries 67%
  10. 10 Wheatley Park School Oxford · 27 entries 63%
  11. 11 The Swan School Oxford · 25 entries 60%
  12. 12 St Birinus School Didcot · 33 entries 55%
  13. 13 Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form Banbury · 29 entries 52%
  14. 14 The Warriner School Banbury · 52 entries 50%
  15. 15 Cheney School Oxford · 58 entries 50%
  16. 16 Larkmead School Abingdon · 42 entries 38%
  17. 17 The Henry Box School Witney · 27 entries 37%
  18. 18 King Alfred's Wantage · 54 entries 30%
  19. 19 Fitzharrys School Abingdon · 32 entries 28%
  20. 20 The Oxford Academy Oxford · 37 entries 27%
  21. 21 The Cooper School Bicester · 69 entries 26%
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Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

3 of 42 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Aureus School Didcot · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    19%
    Attainment 8
    33.7
    Absence
    32%
  • Bartholomew School Witney · Outstanding.
    Eng & maths
    67%
    Attainment 8
    57
    Absence
    21%
  • Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form Banbury · Good.
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    48.5
    Absence
    14%
  • Burford School Burford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    60%
    Attainment 8
    52.4
    Absence
    19%
  • Carterton Community College Carterton · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    19%
    Attainment 8
    33.8
    Absence
    21%
  • Cheney School Oxford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    49%
    Attainment 8
    46
    Absence
    27%
  • Chipping Norton School Chipping Norton · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    60%
    Attainment 8
    49.3
    Absence
    27%
  • Didcot Girls' School Didcot · Outstanding. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    72%
    Attainment 8
    58.8
    Absence
    17%
  • Europa School UK Abingdon · Good.
    Eng & maths
    2%
    Attainment 8
    0.9
    Absence
    12%
  • Faringdon Community College Faringdon · Good.
    Eng & maths
    40%
    Attainment 8
    43.7
    Absence
    30%
  • Fitzharrys School Abingdon · Good.
    Eng & maths
    53%
    Attainment 8
    46
    Absence
    22%
  • Futures Institute Banbury Banbury · Good.
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    41.1
    Absence
    22%
  • Gillotts School Henley-on-Thames · Outstanding. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    76%
    Attainment 8
    61.3
    Absence
    12%
  • Gosford Hill School Kidlington · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    45.3
    Absence
    26%
  • Greyfriars Catholic School Oxford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    29%
    Attainment 8
    34
    Absence
    25%
  • Heyford Park School Bicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    36%
    Attainment 8
    39.7
    Absence
    27%
  • Icknield Community College Watlington · Good.
    Eng & maths
    52%
    Attainment 8
    51.2
    Absence
    23%
  • John Mason School Abingdon · Good.
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    44.5
    Absence
    29%
  • King Alfred's Wantage · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    45.4
    Absence
    30%
  • Langtree School Reading · Good.
    Eng & maths
    71%
    Attainment 8
    58
    Absence
    14%
  • Larkmead School Abingdon · Good.
    Eng & maths
    35%
    Attainment 8
    39.4
    Absence
    30%
  • Lord Williams's School Thame · Good.
    Eng & maths
    48%
    Attainment 8
    46.2
    Absence
    28%
  • Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge Reading · Good.
    Eng & maths
    45%
    Attainment 8
    44.3
    Absence
    23%
  • Matthew Arnold School Oxford · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    65%
    Attainment 8
    56.5
    Absence
    20%
  • North Oxfordshire Academy Banbury · Good.
    Eng & maths
    52%
    Attainment 8
    46.8
    Absence
    22%
  • Oxford Spires Academy Oxford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    50%
    Attainment 8
    46.3
    Absence
    27%
  • St Birinus School Didcot · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    51%
    Attainment 8
    48.2
    Absence
    21%
  • St Johns CofE Academy Wantage · No inspection outcome published.
    Eng & maths
    —
    Attainment 8
    —
    Absence
    12%
  • The Bicester School Bicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    49%
    Attainment 8
    47.9
    Absence
    22%
  • The Cherwell School Oxford · Outstanding.
    Eng & maths
    66%
    Attainment 8
    58.3
    Absence
    20%
  • The Cooper School Bicester · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    40%
    Attainment 8
    41.7
    Absence
    21%
  • The Henry Box School Witney · Good.
    Eng & maths
    36%
    Attainment 8
    42.2
    Absence
    25%
  • The Marlborough Church of England School Woodstock · Good.
    Eng & maths
    63%
    Attainment 8
    55.4
    Absence
    23%
  • The Oxford Academy Oxford · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    21%
    Attainment 8
    33.6
    Absence
    32%
  • The Swan School Oxford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    68%
    Attainment 8
    55.4
    Absence
    18%
  • The Warriner School Banbury · Good.
    Eng & maths
    43%
    Attainment 8
    44.3
    Absence
    27%
  • UTC Oxfordshire Didcot · Good.
    Eng & maths
    26%
    Attainment 8
    32.5
    Absence
    41%
  • Wallingford School Wallingford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    63%
    Attainment 8
    53.9
    Absence
    22%
  • Wheatley Park School Oxford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    57%
    Attainment 8
    51.5
    Absence
    22%
  • Whitelands Academy Bicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    54%
    Attainment 8
    46.4
    Absence
    21%
  • Wood Green School Witney · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    48%
    Attainment 8
    46.2
    Absence
    21%
  • Wykham Park Banbury · Good.
    Eng & maths
    25%
    Attainment 8
    34.8
    Absence
    31%

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Oxfordshire

32 of Oxfordshire's 35 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Oxfordshire

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Buckinghamshire 37 schools · 59% passed English & mathsGloucestershire 41 schools · 53% passed English & mathsReading 11 schools · 51% passed English & mathsSwindon 14 schools · 43% passed English & mathsWarwickshire 39 schools · 50% passed English & mathsWest Berkshire 10 schools · 48% passed English & mathsWest Northamptonshire 22 schools · 42% passed English & mathsWiltshire 28 schools · 45% passed English & mathsWokingham 10 schools · 61% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.