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Gosford Hill School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 45.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
44% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
16.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.36 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 45.3[6] 41.5%[6]
2023/24 45.2[4] 45.5%[4] -0.36[4]
2022/23 50[7] 52%[7] +0.12[7]
2021/22 54.1[8] 57%[8] +0.39[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13% 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 C[10] 13.8%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 12.5%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 21.3%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 30%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
46% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
15% 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 94%[15] 52%[15] 0%[15] 28%[15] 8%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 43%[16] 0%[16] 37%[16] 7%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 42%[17] 1%[17] 39%[17] 5%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 34%[18] 1%[18] 34%[18] 16%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
61% 2022/23[19]
Education
61% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
25% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[20] 66%[20] 68%[20] 5%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 95%[21] 50%[21] 50%[21] 8%[21] 38%[21]
2019/20 93%[22] 68%[22] 70%[22] 1%[22] 22%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 57%[23] 64%[23] 4%[23] 21%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
25% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
20% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 76%[26] 42%[26]
2019/20 79%[25] 18%[25] 20%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 78%[27] 31%[27] 22%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 73%[28] 23%[28] 20%[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
17 Mar 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
14 May 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Feb 2022[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[30] Good[30]
15 Jul 2021[31] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
192 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
95 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
110 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 226[32] 98[32] 147[32] 1.5[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 240[32] 132[32] 145[32] 1.7[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 212[32] 111[32] 139[32] 1.5[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2022 177[32] 90[32] 149[32] 1.2[32] 0.6[32]

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
1100[1]
Trust
RIVER LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.gosford-hill.oxon.sch.uk/[1]
District
Cherwell[33]
Postcode
OX5 2NT[1]
URN
138897[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
848 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
20.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
19.8% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.2% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
73.1%[35]
Mixed
7.8%[35]
Asian
9.2%[35]
Black
5.6%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.4%[35]
Unclassified
1.9%[35]

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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