Which school had the best GCSE results in Oxfordshire in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Didcot Girls' School topped the table in Oxfordshire with 59.9, against an England average of 46.3. 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 2023 archive (the 2022/23 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 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 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 2023: secondary school league table

39 state secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 3 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 22 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Oxfordshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 42 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

39 of 42 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	Didcot Girls' School Didcot · Academy converter	59.9	+0.96 (0.79 to 1.13)	71%	85%	5.54	282
2	The Cherwell School Oxford · Academy converter	59.2	+0.95 (0.78 to 1.12)	68%	82%	5.38	283
3	Langtree School Reading · Academy converter	58.7	+0.72 (0.47 to 0.98)	70%	89%	5.27	121
4	Gillotts School Henley-on-Thames · Academy converter	57.2	+0.66 (0.44 to 0.88)	67%	85%	5.32	181
5	Bartholomew School Witney · Academy converter	55.8	+0.52 (0.32 to 0.72)	63%	82%	4.82	208
6	Chipping Norton School Chipping Norton · Academy converter	55.6	+0.70 (0.47 to 0.92)	63%	85%	4.55	155
7	The Marlborough Church of England School Woodstock · Academy converter	53.5	+0.32 (0.10 to 0.53)	64%	73%	4.63	173
8	St Birinus School Didcot · Academy converter	51.7	+0.46 (0.21 to 0.71)	54%	75%	4.52	133
9=	Matthew Arnold School Oxford · Academy converter	50.9	+0.07 (-0.13 to 0.28)	52%	73%	4.55	205
9=	Wallingford School Wallingford · Academy converter	50.9	+0.51 (0.31 to 0.72)	55%	74%	4.64	199
11	Gosford Hill School Kidlington · Academy converter	50.0	+0.12 (-0.13 to 0.36)	52%	68%	4.36	142
12	Wheatley Park School Oxford · Academy converter	49.8	+0.41 (0.21 to 0.62)	58%	74%	4.47	183
13	Lord Williams's School Thame · Academy converter	49.3	-0.04 (-0.20 to 0.12)	56%	77%	4.31	323
14	Wood Green School Witney · Academy converter	49.1	+0.11 (-0.09 to 0.31)	53%	74%	4.34	204
15	Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form Banbury · Academy converter	49.0	+0.34 (0.10 to 0.57)	52%	73%	4.23	143
16=	Burford School Burford · Academy converter	48.2	+0.12 (-0.08 to 0.32)	52%	70%	4.14	246
16=	Cheney School Oxford · Academy converter	48.2	+0.13 (-0.05 to 0.31)	47%	65%	4.28	270
16=	Oxford Spires Academy Oxford · Academy sponsor led	48.2	+0.28 (0.08 to 0.47)	49%	64%	4.46	214
19	Fitzharrys School Abingdon · Academy converter	47.8	+0.27 (0.00 to 0.54)	48%	75%	4.22	116
20	Icknield Community College Watlington · Academy converter	47.4	+0.03 (-0.21 to 0.27)	48%	65%	4.11	139
21	King Alfred's Wantage · Academy converter	46.6	+0.28 (0.10 to 0.47)	48%	68%	4.02	235
22	Faringdon Community College Faringdon · Academy converter	46.3	-0.13 (-0.32 to 0.05)	41%	62%	3.92	226
23	The Warriner School Banbury · Academy converter	46.1	-0.02 (-0.20 to 0.15)	43%	63%	4.15	251
24	John Mason School Abingdon · Academy converter	45.8	-0.26 (-0.49 to -0.03)	39%	61%	3.95	157
25	Larkmead School Abingdon · Academy converter	45.6	-0.17 (-0.40 to 0.07)	45%	62%	3.92	146
26	The Henry Box School Witney · Academy converter	45.5	-0.11 (-0.32 to 0.10)	40%	61%	3.76	189
27	Heyford Park School Bicester · Free schools	44.3	-0.15 (-0.51 to 0.22)	43%	57%	3.72	61
28=	North Oxfordshire Academy Banbury · Academy sponsor led	43.9	+0.14 (-0.08 to 0.36)	45%	62%	4.01	173
28=	The Cooper School Bicester · Academy converter	43.9	-0.20 (-0.39 to 0.00)	39%	61%	3.87	217
30	The Bicester School Bicester · Academy sponsor led	41.2	-0.51 (-0.69 to -0.33)	33%	52%	3.72	254
31	Futures Institute Banbury Banbury · Studio schools	37.7	-0.94 (-1.36 to -0.51)	29%	43%	3.31	49
32	Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge Reading · Academy sponsor led	37.4	-0.39 (-0.79 to 0.01)	24%	46%	3.26	50
33	Aureus School Didcot · Academy sponsor led	36.5	-0.38 (-0.63 to -0.13)	25%	43%	3.28	133
34	Greyfriars Catholic School Oxford · Academy converter	36.4	-0.41 (-0.78 to -0.04)	31%	46%	3.05	84
35	Carterton Community College Carterton · Community school	36.2	-0.60 (-0.90 to -0.30)	25%	50%	3.14	107
36	UTC Oxfordshire Didcot · University technical college	33.0	-1.10 (-1.39 to -0.82)	25%	49%	2.46	102
37	The Oxford Academy Oxford · Academy sponsor led	32.6	-0.87 (-1.07 to -0.66)	27%	42%	2.75	198
38	Wykham Park Banbury · Academy sponsor led	31.7	-0.96 (-1.20 to -0.72)	22%	40%	2.90	163
39	Europa School UK Abingdon · Free schools	18.8	-3.30 (-3.73 to -2.87)	73%	89%	1.13	55
–	St Johns CofE Academy Wantage · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	The Swan School Oxford · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Whitelands Academy Bicester · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Oxfordshire with published 2023 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	36.6	0%	194
Bloxham School Banbury · Other independent school	42.0	0%	82
Cherwell College Oxford Oxford · Other independent school	0.7	0%	38
Cokethorpe School Witney · Other independent school	30.4	0%	91
Cranford School Wallingford · Other independent school	39.3	0%	42
d'Overbroeck's Oxford · Other independent school	33.6	35%	133
Headington Rye Oxford Oxford · Other independent school	57.2	76%	150
Kingham Hill School Chipping Norton · Other independent school	39.1	0%	60
Kings Education (Oxford) Oxford · Other independent school	0.9	0%	15
Magdalen College School Oxford · Other independent school	43.4	0%	109
Oxford High School GDST Oxford · Other independent school	19.2	0%	96
Oxford International College Other independent school	14.8	0%	34
Oxford Montessori Schools Oxford · Other independent school	35.1	0%	8
Radley College Other independent school	34.2	0%	150
Shiplake College Henley-on-Thames · Other independent school	21.3	0%	109
Sibford School Banbury · Other independent school	43.8	35%	52
St Edward's School Oxford · Other independent school	3.6	0%	146
St Helen and St Katharine Abingdon · Other independent school	76.8	99%	105
The King's School Witney · Other independent school	55.4	60%	15
The Oratory School Other independent school	32.3	0%	70
Tudor Hall School Banbury · Other independent school	27.5	0%	61
Wychwood School Oxford · Other independent school	34.4	0%	21

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 2023 was 46.3.

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 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 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 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Oxfordshire with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire GCSE results: common questions