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Didcot Girls' School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 60 59.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
59.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
71.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
33% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.87 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 58.8[6] 72.1%[6]
2023/24 58.8[4] 68.6%[4] +0.87[4]
2022/23 59.9[7] 71%[7] +0.96[7]
2021/22 61.1[8] 72%[8] +0.78[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
25.6% 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] 19.7%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 17.4%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 27.6%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 15.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
55% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
33% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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] 52%[15] 3%[15] 33%[15] 3%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 51%[16] 2%[16] 36%[16] 3%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 54%[17] 2%[17] 31%[17] 3%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 50%[18] 3%[18] 38%[18] 4%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
67% 2022/23[19]
Education
70% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
24% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 64%[20] 66%[20] 6%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 95%[21] 58%[21] 63%[21] 8%[21] 24%[21]
2019/20 95%[22] 68%[22] 77%[22] 3%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 51%[23] 54%[23] 7%[23] 31%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
41% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
38% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 73%[26] 36%[26]
2019/20 89%[25] 40%[25] 38%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 33%[27] 25%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 57%[28] 22%[28] 23%[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
22 Nov 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
18 Jan 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
Date not published[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] Outstanding[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
471 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
280 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
263 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 550[31] 367[31] 264[31] 2.1[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024 582[31] 372[31] 292[31] 2.0[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2023 565[31] 379[31] 269[31] 2.1[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 486[31] 346[31] 295[31] 1.6[31] 1.2[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1593[1]
Trust
RIDGEWAY EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
www.didcotgirls.oxon.sch.uk[1]
District
South Oxfordshire[32]
Postcode
OX11 7AJ[1]
URN
138490[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1643 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
16.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
12.9% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
2.3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.2% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
76.2%[34]
Mixed
7.2%[34]
Asian
10.5%[34]
Black
3.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[34]
Unclassified
1.3%[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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