Which school has the best GCSE results in Oxfordshire?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Gillotts School tops the table in Oxfordshire with 60.2, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Oxfordshire schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Oxfordshire show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Oxfordshire GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

41 state secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 24 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 42 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

41 of 42 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Gillotts School Henley-on-Thames · Academy converter	60.2	27%	74%	89%	–	197
2 , up 5 places since 2025	The Swan School Oxford · Free schools	60.1	31%	73%	84%	–	179
3 , down 1 place since 2025	Didcot Girls' School Didcot · Academy converter	59.6	33%	71%	87%	–	261
4 , down 1 place since 2025	The Cherwell School Oxford · Academy converter	58.9	34%	65%	78%	–	268
5 , up 6 places since 2025	Wheatley Park School Oxford · Academy converter	55.8	26%	62%	80%	–	178
6 , down 1 place since 2025	Bartholomew School Witney · Academy converter	55.0	29%	61%	77%	–	214
7 , down 3 places since 2025	Langtree School Reading · Academy converter	54.0	17%	63%	78%	–	120
8 , down 1 place since 2025	The Marlborough Church of England School Woodstock · Academy converter	52.5	23%	61%	76%	–	176
9 , up 6 places since 2025	St Birinus School Didcot · Academy converter	50.8	20%	56%	73%	–	165
10	Burford School Burford · Academy converter	50.7	13%	49%	71%	–	243
11 , up 2 places since 2025	Chipping Norton School Chipping Norton · Academy converter	49.9	18%	57%	72%	–	163
12 , up 2 places since 2025	Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form Banbury · Academy converter	49.1	12%	45%	66%	–	145
13 , down 4 places since 2025	Wallingford School Wallingford · Academy converter	48.9	16%	50%	66%	–	216
14 , down 8 places since 2025	Matthew Arnold School Oxford · Academy converter	48.6	13%	46%	68%	–	202
15= , up 2 places since 2025	North Oxfordshire Academy Banbury · Academy sponsor led	47.7	20%	49%	63%	–	169
15= , up 4 places since 2025	Oxford Spires Academy Oxford · Academy sponsor led	47.7	16%	52%	72%	–	215
17 , down 1 place since 2025	The Bicester School Bicester · Academy sponsor led	47.3	16%	46%	62%	–	181
18 , up 2 places since 2025	Lord Williams's School Thame · Academy converter	47.1	11%	51%	73%	–	344
19 , up 3 places since 2025	Cheney School Oxford · Academy converter	47.0	17%	47%	63%	–	282
20 , up 7 places since 2025	The Warriner School Banbury · Academy converter	46.8	10%	50%	71%	–	271
21 , up 1 place since 2025	Fitzharrys School Abingdon · Academy converter	46.2	16%	48%	66%	–	135
22 , down 4 places since 2025	Whitelands Academy Bicester · Free schools	45.5	16%	49%	70%	–	115
23 , up 2 places since 2025	Gosford Hill School Kidlington · Academy converter	45.1	16%	44%	61%	–	141
24 , up 2 places since 2025	John Mason School Abingdon · Academy converter	44.9	12%	44%	65%	–	178
25 , up 7 places since 2025	Futures Institute Banbury Banbury · Studio schools	44.5	10%	48%	63%	–	48
26 , down 14 places since 2025	Icknield Community College Watlington · Academy converter	44.3	13%	46%	67%	–	158
27 , up 4 places since 2025	The Cooper School Bicester · Academy converter	43.9	8%	39%	60%	–	202
28 , down 8 places since 2025	Wood Green School Witney · Academy converter	43.6	11%	44%	63%	–	210
29 , down 5 places since 2025	King Alfred's Wantage · Academy converter	43.4	10%	44%	63%	–	264
30 , down 1 place since 2025	Faringdon Community College Faringdon · Academy converter	43.3	9%	37%	60%	–	254
31 , down 1 place since 2025	The Henry Box School Witney · Academy converter	41.6	10%	38%	53%	–	178
32 , up 6 places since 2025	Aureus School Didcot · Academy sponsor led	40.0	11%	32%	55%	–	91
33	Heyford Park School Bicester · Free schools	39.7	5%	33%	56%	–	57
34 , down 7 places since 2025	Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge Reading · Academy sponsor led	39.2	8%	32%	51%	–	78
35 , down 1 place since 2025	Larkmead School Abingdon · Academy converter	39.0	7%	30%	53%	–	146
36 , down 1 place since 2025	Wykham Park Banbury · Academy sponsor led	37.5	5%	30%	52%	–	157
37 , down 1 place since 2025	Greyfriars Catholic School Oxford · Academy converter	34.7	7%	31%	46%	–	94
38 , down 1 place since 2025	Carterton Community College Carterton · Community school	34.6	4%	19%	43%	–	127
39 , up 1 place since 2025	UTC Oxfordshire Didcot · University technical college	33.1	4%	22%	51%	–	102
40 , down 1 place since 2025	The Oxford Academy Oxford · Academy sponsor led	31.2	3%	24%	34%	–	190
41	Europa School UK Abingdon · Free schools	1.4	0%	0%	0%	–	60
–	St Johns CofE Academy Wantage · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Oxfordshire with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Abingdon School Abingdon · Other independent school	15.7	0%	192
Bloxham School Banbury · Other independent school	41.5	0%	89
Bruern Abbey School Bicester · Other independent school	17.9	0%	18
Cherwell College Oxford Oxford · Other independent school	0.9	0%	15
Cokethorpe School Witney · Other independent school	34.9	0%	90
Cranford School Wallingford · Other independent school	48.5	0%	75
d'Overbroeck's Oxford · Other independent school	29.5	53%	64
Headington School Oxford Oxford · Other independent school	68.0	86%	175
Kingham Hill School Chipping Norton · Other independent school	44.2	0%	54
Kings Education (Oxford) Oxford · Other independent school · 2024 results	0.4	0%	15
Magdalen College School Oxford · Other independent school	29.7	0%	97
Oxford High School GDST Oxford · Other independent school	18.0	0%	107
Oxford International College Other independent school	8.5	0%	11
Oxford Montessori Schools Oxford · Other independent school	21.0	0%	13
Radley College Other independent school	35.4	0%	145
Shiplake College Henley-on-Thames · Other independent school	32.3	0%	73
Sibford School Banbury · Other independent school	32.4	1%	91
St Clare's, Oxford Oxford · Other independent school · 2024 results	0.0	0%	45
St Edward's School Oxford · Other independent school	12.8	0%	158
St Helen and St Katharine Abingdon · Other independent school	71.3	99%	105
The King's School Witney · Other independent school	63.9	88%	17
The Oratory School Other independent school	27.1	0%	63
Tudor Hall School Banbury · Other independent school	24.6	0%	45
Wychwood School Oxford · Other independent school	40.6	0%	28

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Oxfordshire on our composite score

Oxfordshire GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Oxfordshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire GCSE results: common questions