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Wallingford School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 48.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
49.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.31 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 53.9[6] 62.9%[6]
2023/24 50.3[4] 53.8%[4] +0.31[4]
2022/23 50.9[7] 55%[7] +0.51[7]
2021/22 55.9[8] 64%[8] +0.40[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
27.2% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 18%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 31.3%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 37.5%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 19.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
6% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[15] 67%[15] 5%[15] 15%[15] 3%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 49%[16] 13%[16] 20%[16] 4%[16] 8%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 60%[17] 7%[17] 19%[17] 2%[17] 5%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 59%[18] 9%[18] 21%[18] 3%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
Education
51% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
28% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 54%[20] 3%[20] 31%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 55%[21] 2%[21] 32%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 57%[22] 4%[22] 27%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 60%[23] 5%[23] 25%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
74% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
36% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
29% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
4% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 79%[26] 35%[26]
2019/20 77%[25] 35%[25] 29%[25] 4%[25]
2018/19 77%[27] 28%[27] 27%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 32%[28] 27%[28] 2%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 Nov 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
15 Jan 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
14 Mar 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
518 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
290 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
226 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 498[31] 243[31] 234[31] 2.1[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 519[31] 253[31] 231[31] 2.2[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023 484[31] 244[31] 233[31] 2.1[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 406[31] 216[31] 237[31] 1.7[31] 0.9[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1515[1]
Trust
THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' OXFORDSHIRE ACADEMY TRUST LTD[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.wallingfordschool.com/[1]
District
South Oxfordshire[32]
Postcode
OX10 8HH[1]
URN
137357[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1437 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
7.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
16.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3.8% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
14.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
88.1%[34]
Mixed
6.4%[34]
Asian
2.6%[34]
Black
0.7%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.5%[34]
Unclassified
0.8%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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