Which school has the best GCSE results in Oxfordshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Gillotts School tops the table in Oxfordshire with 61.3, against an England average of 46.0. 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 2025 results, the 2024/25 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 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

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 2025: secondary school league table

41 state secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and 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 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

41 of 42 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Gillotts School Henley-on-Thames · Academy converter	61.3	76%	87%	5.74	171
2	Didcot Girls' School Didcot · Academy converter	58.8	72%	87%	5.57	262
3	The Cherwell School Oxford · Academy converter	58.3	66%	79%	5.32	269
4	Langtree School Reading · Academy converter	58.0	71%	80%	5.22	116
5	Bartholomew School Witney · Academy converter	57.0	67%	80%	5.00	213
6	Matthew Arnold School Oxford · Academy converter	56.5	65%	83%	5.28	207
7=	The Marlborough Church of England School Woodstock · Academy converter	55.4	63%	80%	5.02	179
7=	The Swan School Oxford · Free schools	55.4	68%	80%	5.44	120
9	Wallingford School Wallingford · Academy converter	53.9	63%	81%	4.86	221
10	Burford School Burford · Academy converter	52.4	60%	81%	4.54	245
11	Wheatley Park School Oxford · Academy converter	51.5	57%	77%	4.58	174
12	Icknield Community College Watlington · Academy converter	51.2	52%	66%	4.91	130
13	Chipping Norton School Chipping Norton · Academy converter	49.3	60%	77%	3.93	166
14	Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form Banbury · Academy converter	48.5	42%	73%	4.31	139
15	St Birinus School Didcot · Academy converter	48.2	51%	71%	4.44	171
16	The Bicester School Bicester · Academy sponsor led	47.9	49%	65%	4.37	204
17	North Oxfordshire Academy Banbury · Academy sponsor led	46.8	52%	68%	4.31	174
18	Whitelands Academy Bicester · Free schools	46.4	54%	71%	4.26	114
19	Oxford Spires Academy Oxford · Academy sponsor led	46.3	50%	71%	4.17	215
20=	Lord Williams's School Thame · Academy converter	46.2	48%	68%	4.04	345
20=	Wood Green School Witney · Academy converter	46.2	48%	71%	3.95	215
22=	Cheney School Oxford · Academy converter	46.0	49%	62%	4.10	282
22=	Fitzharrys School Abingdon · Academy converter	46.0	53%	69%	4.34	114
24	King Alfred's Wantage · Academy converter	45.4	44%	63%	3.93	233
25	Gosford Hill School Kidlington · Academy converter	45.3	42%	62%	3.97	123
26	John Mason School Abingdon · Academy converter	44.5	42%	59%	4.14	179
27=	Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge Reading · Academy sponsor led	44.3	45%	63%	4.02	67
27=	The Warriner School Banbury · Academy converter	44.3	43%	62%	3.89	266
29	Faringdon Community College Faringdon · Academy converter	43.7	40%	57%	3.73	229
30	The Henry Box School Witney · Academy converter	42.2	36%	57%	3.57	168
31	The Cooper School Bicester · Academy converter	41.7	40%	60%	3.59	220
32	Futures Institute Banbury Banbury · Studio schools	41.1	38%	64%	3.35	47
33	Heyford Park School Bicester · Free schools	39.7	36%	58%	3.37	59
34	Larkmead School Abingdon · Academy converter	39.4	35%	55%	3.44	144
35	Wykham Park Banbury · Academy sponsor led	34.8	25%	50%	3.31	114
36	Greyfriars Catholic School Oxford · Academy converter	34.0	29%	44%	2.78	90
37	Carterton Community College Carterton · Community school	33.8	19%	42%	3.07	111
38	Aureus School Didcot · Academy sponsor led	33.7	19%	45%	2.83	98
39	The Oxford Academy Oxford · Academy sponsor led	33.6	21%	42%	2.71	200
40	UTC Oxfordshire Didcot · University technical college	32.5	26%	49%	2.46	73
41	Europa School UK Abingdon · Free schools	0.9	2%	2%	0.10	58
–	St Johns CofE Academy Wantage · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

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

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	16.4	0%	196
Bloxham School Banbury · Other independent school	40.6	0%	91
Bruern Abbey School Bicester · Other independent school	26.3	0%	30
Cherwell College Oxford Oxford · Other independent school · 2024 results	1.4	0%	21
Cokethorpe School Witney · Other independent school	32.0	0%	73
Cranford School Wallingford · Other independent school	18.7	0%	136
d'Overbroeck's Oxford · Other independent school	64.8	91%	46
Headington Rye Oxford Oxford · Other independent school	32.6	38%	314
Kingham Hill School Chipping Norton · Other independent school	34.7	0%	51
Kings Education (Oxford) Oxford · Other independent school · 2024 results	0.4	0%	15
Magdalen College School Oxford · Other independent school	44.9	0%	113
Oxford High School GDST Oxford · Other independent school	19.4	0%	92
Oxford International College Other independent school	1.6	0%	133
Oxford Montessori Schools Oxford · Other independent school	25.8	0%	11
Radley College Other independent school	36.0	0%	154
Shiplake College Henley-on-Thames · Other independent school	31.5	0%	84
Sibford School Banbury · Other independent school	40.6	38%	63
St Clare's, Oxford Oxford · Other independent school · 2024 results	0.0	0%	45
St Edward's School Oxford · Other independent school	10.8	0%	152
St Helen and St Katharine Abingdon · Other independent school	71.8	98%	98
The King's School Witney · Other independent school	54.8	68%	22
The Oratory School Other independent school	29.2	0%	71
Tudor Hall School Banbury · Other independent school	26.6	0%	44
Wychwood School Oxford · Other independent school	46.4	0%	24

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 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. 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 2025: 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