Didcot Girls' School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B80
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Didcot, OX11 7AJ
- Distance
- 1.0km away
St Birinus School
Mereland Road, Didcot, OX11 8AZ
Local ranking9th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1428
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 4 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 50.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 55.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 165
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 65.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
65
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.8% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 153
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1212
- Boys
- 1237 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1428 (87% full)
- SEND
- 23.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.8%
- EAL
- 13.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 20.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,792/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 75.9%
- White Other: 8.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Asian Chinese: 2.1%
- Asian Other: 1.8%
- Black African: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
75.9%
White British
8.2%
White Other
2.1%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Mereland Road
Didcot, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 138762
- UKPRN
- 10038065
- Establishment No.
- 4129
- Trust
- RIDGEWAY EDUCATION TRUST
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