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Best Secondary Schools in Oxfordshire

39 secondary schools found

Key Facts

  • There are 39 secondary schools in Oxfordshire, accounting for 5.4% of the national total, educating a total of 42,556 pupils across the county.
  • Ofsted inspections show 90.9% of Oxfordshire secondary schools are Good or Outstanding, with 4 Outstanding and 26 Good out of 33 inspected schools.
  • Oxfordshire secondary schools have a Progress 8 score of 0.14 and an Attainment 8 score of 47.68, with 48.8% of pupils achieving grade 5+ in English and maths.
  • In Oxfordshire secondary schools, 19.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, 15.7% have English as an additional language, and the pupil-teacher ratio is 18.62, with £7,531 spent per pupil.
Bartholomew School logo

Bartholomew School

Ofsted

Outstanding

Witney, OX29 4AP

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8+0.80
Attainment 857.3
Eng+Maths80%
Pupils1,383
GS

Gillotts School

Ofsted

Outstanding

Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1PS

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–16

Progress 8+0.71
Attainment 856.6
Eng+Maths83%
Pupils918
The Cherwell School logo

The Cherwell School

Ofsted

Outstanding

Oxford, OX2 7EE

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8+0.88
Attainment 858.4
Eng+Maths79%
Pupils2,008
Oxford Spires Academy logo

Oxford Spires Academy

Ofsted

Good

Oxford, OX4 2AU

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–19

Progress 8+0.53
Attainment 848.8
Eng+Maths69%
Pupils1,306
The Swan School logo

The Swan School

Ofsted

Good

Oxford, OX2 7WP

Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8+0.55
Attainment 855.7
Eng+Maths77%
Pupils952
Langtree School logo

Langtree School

Ofsted

Good

Reading, RG8 0RA

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–16

Progress 8+0.65
Attainment 856.8
Eng+Maths82%
Pupils620
Whitelands Academy logo

Whitelands Academy

Ofsted

Good

Bicester, OX26 1AY

Secondary · Ages 11–16

Progress 8–
Attainment 8–
Eng+Maths–
Pupils575
Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form logo

Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form

Ofsted

Good

Banbury, OX16 9DG

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8+0.24
Attainment 849.6
Eng+Maths75%
Pupils908
The Warriner School logo

The Warriner School

Ofsted

Good

Banbury, OX15 4LJ

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8+0.01
Attainment 845.5
Eng+Maths65%
Pupils1,527
Didcot Girls' School logo

Didcot Girls' School

Ofsted

Outstanding

Didcot, OX11 7AJ

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Girls

Progress 8+0.87
Attainment 858.8
Eng+Maths87%
Pupils1,643
Faringdon Community College logo

Faringdon Community College

Ofsted

Good

Faringdon, SN7 7LB

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8+0.03
Attainment 846.0
Eng+Maths60%
Pupils1,436
Icknield Community College logo

Icknield Community College

Watlington, OX49 5RB

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–16

Progress 8+0.24
Attainment 847.2
Eng+Maths66%
Pupils766
King Alfred's logo

King Alfred's

Ofsted

Good

Wantage, OX12 9BY

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8-0.02
Attainment 844.0
Eng+Maths66%
Pupils1,763
Lord Williams's School logo

Lord Williams's School

Ofsted

Good

Thame, OX9 2AQ

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8+0.06
Attainment 848.4
Eng+Maths74%
Pupils2,290
St Birinus School logo

St Birinus School

Didcot, OX11 8AZ

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Boys

Progress 8+0.36
Attainment 850.0
Eng+Maths73%
Pupils1,212
Greyfriars Catholic School logo

Greyfriars Catholic School

Ofsted

Good

Oxford, OX4 3DR

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–19

Progress 8-0.04
Attainment 840.4
Eng+Maths56%
Pupils670
GH

Gosford Hill School

Ofsted

Good

Kidlington, OX5 2NT

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8-0.36
Attainment 845.2
Eng+Maths69%
Pupils848
Wheatley Park School logo

Wheatley Park School

Oxford, OX33 1QH

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8+0.55
Attainment 853.9
Eng+Maths79%
Pupils1,146
Matthew Arnold School logo

Matthew Arnold School

Ofsted

Good

Oxford, OX2 9JE

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8+0.18
Attainment 850.1
Eng+Maths74%
Pupils1,250
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge logo

Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge

Ofsted

Good

Reading, RG4 9LN

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–16

Progress 8-0.40
Attainment 837.6
Eng+Maths45%
Pupils421
UTC Oxfordshire logo

UTC Oxfordshire

Ofsted

Good

Didcot, OX11 6BZ

UTC · Secondary · Ages 14–19

Progress 8-0.84
Attainment 836.0
Eng+Maths56%
Pupils290
Chipping Norton School logo

Chipping Norton School

Ofsted

Good

Chipping Norton, OX7 5DY

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8+0.29
Attainment 852.9
Eng+Maths78%
Pupils1,029
Carterton Community College logo

Carterton Community College

Ofsted

Good

Carterton, OX18 1BU

State · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8-0.61
Attainment 835.8
Eng+Maths41%
Pupils743
John Mason School logo

John Mason School

Ofsted

Good

Abingdon, OX14 1JB

Academy · Secondary · Ages 11–18

Progress 8-0.52
Attainment 841.1
Eng+Maths53%
Pupils995

Frequently Asked Questions

There are 42 secondary schools in Oxfordshire, including state-funded, academies, and independent schools.

Area Benchmarks

MetricOxfordshireEngland
School QualityGood or Outstanding (Ofsted)91%90%
Secondary ResultsProgress 8+0.14+0.00
Attainment 847.746.1
AttendancePersistent Absence27%20%
ResourcesPupil-Teacher Ratio18.6:118.1:1
Spending per Pupil£7,531£7,460

About This Data

  • •School information is sourced from Get Information About Schools (GIAS), the official UK government register maintained by the Department for Education.
  • •Inspection ratings are from Ofsted (state schools) and ISI (independent schools).
  • •Performance data includes Key Stage 2, GCSE, and A-Level results from the Department for Education.
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