Which school had the best GCSE results in Oxfordshire in 2024?

On 2024 Attainment 8, Didcot Girls' School topped the table in Oxfordshire with 58.8, against an England average of 45.9. 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 2024 archive (the 2023/24 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 2024 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

40 state secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on their 2024 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2023/24 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. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 23 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2024 archive of the table. See the latest Oxfordshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 42 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

40 of 42 schools have published 2024 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2024 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	45.9	0.00	46%	65%	4.07	–
1	Didcot Girls' School Didcot · Academy converter	58.8	+0.87 (0.69 to 1.04)	69%	87%	5.38	258
2	The Cherwell School Oxford · Academy converter	58.4	+0.88 (0.71 to 1.06)	65%	79%	5.31	284
3 , up 2 places since 2023	Bartholomew School Witney · Academy converter	57.3	+0.80 (0.60 to 1.00)	67%	80%	4.97	206
4 , down 1 place since 2023	Langtree School Reading · Academy converter	56.8	+0.65 (0.41 to 0.88)	66%	82%	4.95	142
5 , down 1 place since 2023	Gillotts School Henley-on-Thames · Academy converter	56.6	+0.71 (0.51 to 0.92)	68%	83%	5.30	192
6	The Swan School Oxford · Free schools	55.7	+0.55 (0.28 to 0.82)	66%	77%	5.48	122
7 , up 5 places since 2023	Wheatley Park School Oxford · Academy converter	53.9	+0.55 (0.34 to 0.76)	65%	79%	4.87	181
8 , down 2 places since 2023	Chipping Norton School Chipping Norton · Academy converter	52.9	+0.29 (0.06 to 0.52)	63%	78%	4.19	150
9 , down 2 places since 2023	The Marlborough Church of England School Woodstock · Academy converter	52.4	+0.30 (0.09 to 0.51)	58%	77%	4.64	178
10 , down 1 place since 2023	Wallingford School Wallingford · Academy converter	50.3	+0.31 (0.12 to 0.49)	54%	71%	4.52	238
11 , down 2 places since 2023	Matthew Arnold School Oxford · Academy converter	50.1	+0.18 (-0.02 to 0.37)	54%	74%	4.47	210
12 , down 4 places since 2023	St Birinus School Didcot · Academy converter	50.0	+0.36 (0.14 to 0.59)	53%	73%	4.55	166
13 , up 2 places since 2023	Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form Banbury · Academy converter	49.6	+0.24 (0.01 to 0.48)	48%	75%	4.34	145
14 , up 2 places since 2023	Burford School Burford · Academy converter	49.3	+0.21 (0.03 to 0.39)	49%	74%	4.30	248
15 , up 1 place since 2023	Oxford Spires Academy Oxford · Academy sponsor led	48.8	+0.53 (0.34 to 0.73)	53%	69%	4.41	217
16 , down 3 places since 2023	Lord Williams's School Thame · Academy converter	48.4	+0.06 (-0.10 to 0.22)	49%	74%	4.20	317
17 , up 3 places since 2023	Icknield Community College Watlington · Academy converter	47.2	+0.24 (0.01 to 0.47)	47%	66%	4.41	149
18 , down 2 places since 2023	Cheney School Oxford · Academy converter	46.9	+0.19 (0.01 to 0.36)	48%	64%	4.29	270
19 , up 3 places since 2023	Faringdon Community College Faringdon · Academy converter	46.0	+0.03 (-0.15 to 0.21)	37%	60%	3.92	254
20= , down 1 place since 2023	Fitzharrys School Abingdon · Academy converter	45.5	+0.12 (-0.13 to 0.37)	43%	70%	4.32	127
20= , up 3 places since 2023	The Warriner School Banbury · Academy converter	45.5	+0.01 (-0.16 to 0.18)	44%	65%	4.00	279
22 , up 8 places since 2023	The Bicester School Bicester · Academy sponsor led	45.4	-0.16 (-0.33 to 0.02)	41%	66%	4.12	264
23 , down 12 places since 2023	Gosford Hill School Kidlington · Academy converter	45.2	-0.36 (-0.59 to -0.13)	46%	69%	3.96	167
24= , up 4 places since 2023	North Oxfordshire Academy Banbury · Academy sponsor led	44.6	+0.14 (-0.08 to 0.37)	50%	64%	4.22	163
24= , up 4 places since 2023	The Cooper School Bicester · Academy converter	44.6	-0.21 (-0.40 to -0.02)	37%	62%	4.04	227
26 , down 1 place since 2023	Larkmead School Abingdon · Academy converter	44.1	+0.02 (-0.21 to 0.24)	40%	53%	3.79	161
27 , down 6 places since 2023	King Alfred's Wantage · Academy converter	44.0	-0.02 (-0.21 to 0.16)	48%	66%	3.72	236
28 , up 3 places since 2023	Futures Institute Banbury Banbury · Studio schools	43.8	-0.56 (-0.99 to -0.13)	41%	59%	3.86	54
29 , down 2 places since 2023	Heyford Park School Bicester · Free schools	43.7	-0.13 (-0.49 to 0.23)	35%	66%	3.82	65
30 , down 16 places since 2023	Wood Green School Witney · Academy converter	42.3	-0.38 (-0.57 to -0.19)	43%	62%	3.69	232
31 , down 7 places since 2023	John Mason School Abingdon · Academy converter	41.1	-0.52 (-0.74 to -0.30)	33%	53%	3.51	169
32 , up 2 places since 2023	Greyfriars Catholic School Oxford · Academy converter	40.4	-0.04 (-0.31 to 0.23)	38%	56%	3.50	157
33 , down 7 places since 2023	The Henry Box School Witney · Academy converter	39.2	-0.32 (-0.55 to -0.09)	33%	56%	3.30	169
34 , down 2 places since 2023	Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge Reading · Academy sponsor led	37.6	-0.40 (-0.74 to -0.07)	31%	45%	3.36	71
35 , up 1 place since 2023	UTC Oxfordshire Didcot · University technical college	36.0	-0.84 (-1.11 to -0.57)	37%	56%	2.71	117
36 , down 1 place since 2023	Carterton Community College Carterton · Community school	35.8	-0.61 (-0.90 to -0.32)	21%	41%	3.20	104
37 , down 4 places since 2023	Aureus School Didcot · Academy sponsor led	35.0	-0.46 (-0.72 to -0.21)	23%	47%	3.05	127
38	Wykham Park Banbury · Academy sponsor led	34.7	-0.65 (-0.91 to -0.39)	25%	44%	3.32	134
39 , down 2 places since 2023	The Oxford Academy Oxford · Academy sponsor led	33.0	-0.72 (-0.92 to -0.53)	25%	45%	2.76	209
40 , down 1 place since 2023	Europa School UK Abingdon · Free schools	0.8	-3.84 (-4.25 to -3.44)	0%	0%	0.14	53
–	St Johns CofE Academy Wantage · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Whitelands Academy Bicester · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2023 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2023 result.

Independent schools in Oxfordshire with published 2024 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	15.8	0%	193
Bloxham School Banbury · Other independent school	38.1	0%	92
Cherwell College Oxford Oxford · Other independent school	1.4	0%	21
Cokethorpe School Witney · Other independent school	30.7	0%	91
Cranford School Wallingford · Other independent school	37.7	0%	50
d'Overbroeck's Oxford · Other independent school	64.3	91%	44
Headington School Oxford Oxford · Other independent school	70.8	91%	152
Kingham Hill School Chipping Norton · Other independent school	38.1	0%	52
Kings Education (Oxford) Oxford · Other independent school	0.4	0%	15
Magdalen College School Oxford · Other independent school	43.8	0%	104
Oxford High School GDST Oxford · Other independent school	19.5	0%	102
Oxford International College Other independent school	9.0	0%	50
Oxford Montessori Schools Oxford · Other independent school	24.4	0%	11
Radley College Other independent school	35.1	0%	149
Shiplake College Henley-on-Thames · Other independent school	29.2	0%	69
Sibford School Banbury · Other independent school	43.6	32%	84
St Clare's, Oxford Oxford · Other independent school	0.0	0%	45
St Edward's School Oxford · Other independent school	10.5	0%	149
St Helen and St Katharine Abingdon · Other independent school	77.2	98%	104
The King's School Witney · Other independent school	65.8	88%	17
The Oratory School Other independent school	25.2	0%	70
Tudor Hall School Banbury · Other independent school	28.8	0%	63
Wychwood School Oxford · Other independent school	44.8	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 2024 was 45.9.

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 2024 archive of the table: each school's 2024 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Oxfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Oxfordshire with published 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire GCSE results: common questions