Which school had the best GCSE results in Oxfordshire in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, The Cherwell School topped the table in Oxfordshire with 63.3. 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.

Where are the latest Oxfordshire GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Oxfordshire are on the main Oxfordshire GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Oxfordshire show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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 2022: secondary school league table

39 state secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 3 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 22 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest Oxfordshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 42 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

39 of 42 schools have published 2022 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	The Cherwell School Oxford · Academy converter	63.3	+0.94 (0.77 to 1.11)	76%	89%	5.81	280
2	Didcot Girls' School Didcot · Academy converter	61.1	+0.78 (0.61 to 0.96)	72%	88%	5.57	260
3	Gillotts School Henley-on-Thames · Academy converter	59.8	+0.73 (0.50 to 0.95)	71%	85%	5.51	168
4	Bartholomew School Witney · Academy converter	59.2	+0.68 (0.49 to 0.88)	69%	83%	5.08	201
5	Langtree School Reading · Academy converter	57.7	+0.52 (0.26 to 0.78)	69%	84%	5.17	118
6	Wallingford School Wallingford · Academy converter	55.9	+0.40 (0.21 to 0.60)	64%	83%	5.10	206
7	Chipping Norton School Chipping Norton · Academy converter	55.7	+0.24 (0.00 to 0.48)	66%	82%	4.58	136
8	Matthew Arnold School Oxford · Academy converter	55.4	+0.33 (0.13 to 0.53)	60%	83%	4.84	209
9	The Marlborough Church of England School Woodstock · Academy converter	55.2	+0.41 (0.20 to 0.61)	63%	76%	4.87	182
10	St Birinus School Didcot · Academy converter	55.0	+0.45 (0.21 to 0.69)	63%	77%	4.92	134
11	Fitzharrys School Abingdon · Academy converter	54.6	+0.43 (0.13 to 0.73)	64%	87%	5.01	89
12	Heyford Park School Bicester · Free schools	54.4	+0.47 (0.08 to 0.86)	62%	79%	4.91	52
13	Gosford Hill School Kidlington · Academy converter	54.1	+0.39 (0.15 to 0.62)	57%	76%	4.67	145
14	Burford School Burford · Academy converter	53.9	-0.03 (-0.20 to 0.14)	59%	79%	4.78	266
15	Wheatley Park School Oxford · Academy converter	53.8	+0.49 (0.28 to 0.69)	63%	83%	4.84	178
16	Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form Banbury · Academy converter	52.2	+0.38 (0.13 to 0.62)	41%	71%	4.41	138
17	Icknield Community College Watlington · Academy converter	50.9	+0.19 (-0.03 to 0.41)	48%	70%	4.42	159
18	King Alfred's Wantage · Academy converter	50.6	+0.07 (-0.11 to 0.24)	55%	71%	4.47	251
19	The Warriner School Banbury · Academy converter	50.2	+0.02 (-0.16 to 0.19)	54%	73%	4.50	251
20	John Mason School Abingdon · Academy converter	50.1	-0.23 (-0.44 to -0.02)	44%	64%	4.37	178
21	Oxford Spires Academy Oxford · Academy sponsor led	49.6	+0.12 (-0.08 to 0.32)	51%	71%	4.46	216
22	Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge Reading · Academy sponsor led	49.4	+0.14 (-0.23 to 0.51)	49%	72%	4.44	57
23	Lord Williams's School Thame · Academy converter	48.7	-0.22 (-0.37 to -0.07)	56%	78%	4.25	346
24	The Cooper School Bicester · Academy converter	48.1	-0.26 (-0.45 to -0.07)	56%	78%	4.61	217
25	Cheney School Oxford · Academy converter	47.6	-0.05 (-0.22 to 0.13)	50%	67%	4.24	266
26	North Oxfordshire Academy Banbury · Academy sponsor led	46.7	+0.10 (-0.12 to 0.32)	51%	66%	4.32	166
27	Faringdon Community College Faringdon · Academy converter	46.5	-0.45 (-0.64 to -0.25)	37%	68%	3.84	203
28	The Bicester School Bicester · Academy sponsor led	46.3	-0.32 (-0.51 to -0.13)	42%	64%	4.28	221
29	The Henry Box School Witney · Academy converter	45.3	-0.30 (-0.54 to -0.07)	37%	61%	3.84	153
30	Futures Institute Banbury Banbury · Studio schools	45.2	-0.40 (-0.83 to 0.03)	49%	73%	4.06	51
31	Wood Green School Witney · Academy converter	42.6	-0.55 (-0.76 to -0.33)	39%	61%	3.71	170
32	Greyfriars Catholic School Oxford · Academy converter	41.8	-0.20 (-0.48 to 0.09)	32%	50%	3.40	117
33	Larkmead School Abingdon · Academy converter	41.4	-0.40 (-0.64 to -0.15)	37%	59%	3.49	131
34=	Aureus School Didcot · Academy sponsor led	41.1	-0.51 (-0.84 to -0.18)	25%	57%	3.52	75
34=	Wykham Park Banbury · Academy sponsor led	41.1	-0.45 (-0.72 to -0.19)	39%	59%	3.79	122
36	UTC Oxfordshire Didcot · University technical college	41.0	-0.68 (-0.96 to -0.40)	43%	70%	3.20	101
37	The Oxford Academy Oxford · Academy sponsor led	39.1	-0.25 (-0.46 to -0.03)	31%	50%	3.18	185
38	Carterton Community College Carterton · Community school	35.9	-0.90 (-1.21 to -0.60)	31%	48%	3.38	83
39	Europa School UK Abingdon · Free schools	19.3	-3.33 (-3.75 to -2.91)	77%	98%	1.11	48
–	St Johns CofE Academy Wantage · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	The Swan School Oxford · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Whitelands Academy Bicester · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Oxfordshire with published 2022 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	38.3	0%	194
Bloxham School Banbury · Other independent school	42.8	0%	79
Cherwell College Oxford Oxford · Other independent school	2.7	0%	9
Cokethorpe School Witney · Other independent school	35.1	0%	95
Cranford School Wallingford · Other independent school	40.7	0%	57
d'Overbroeck's Oxford · Other independent school	34.8	38%	100
Headington Rye Oxford Oxford · Other independent school	77.7	97%	120
Kingham Hill School Chipping Norton · Other independent school	39.0	0%	55
Kings Education (Oxford) Oxford · Other independent school	0.5	0%	10
Magdalen College School Oxford · Other independent school	42.2	0%	108
Oxford High School GDST Oxford · Other independent school	17.5	0%	102
Oxford International College Other independent school	9.8	0%	48
Oxford Montessori Schools Oxford · Other independent school	19.3	0%	8
Radley College Other independent school	16.5	0%	151
Shiplake College Henley-on-Thames · Other independent school	29.9	0%	68
Sibford School Banbury · Other independent school	44.5	47%	62
St Edward's School Oxford · Other independent school	2.9	0%	143
St Helen and St Katharine Abingdon · Other independent school	76.9	95%	104
The King's School Witney · Other independent school	68.9	82%	22
The Oratory School Other independent school	32.4	0%	50
Tudor Hall School Banbury · Other independent school	32.1	0%	62
Wychwood School Oxford · Other independent school	45.6	0%	18

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.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Oxfordshire GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Oxfordshire on our composite score

Oxfordshire GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Oxfordshire with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire GCSE results: common questions