Cherwell College Oxford[1]

Independent · ages 12–25

Headline results

A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 0.9 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths
2023/24	1.4[5]	0%[5]
2022/23	0.7[6]	0%[6]
2021/22	2.7[7]	0%[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[8]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[8]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C-[9]	0%[9]
2022/23	C-[10]	0%[10]
2021/22	C+[11]	0%[11]
2018/19	C[12]	15.4%[12]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 53.3% 2023/24[13]
UK higher education: 26.7% 2023/24[13]
Education: 46.7% 2023/24[13]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2023/24[13]
Employment: 6.7% 2023/24[13]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2022/23	78.9%[13]	47.4%[13]	73.7%[13]	0%[13]	5.3%[13]
2021/22	50%[13]	30%[13]	40%[13]	0%[13]	10%[13]

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.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by: Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[14]

ISI inspection

Inspection: February 2023[15]
Framework: Older framework (before September 2023)[15]
Standards: Met[15]

Inspected under ISI's framework before September 2023, which gave graded judgements rather than findings per area.

Previous ISI inspections: 2025, 2024, 2021 (2025 report, 2024 report, 2021 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

No fees published on the school's website that we could verify.

Type: Other independent school[1]
Ages: 12–25[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: Boarding school[1]
Capacity: 100[1]
Local authority: Oxfordshire[1]
Website: www.cherwell-college.co.uk [1]
Nursery classes: No Nursery Classes[14]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan): Not approved[14]
District: Oxford [16]
Postcode: OX1 1BZ[1]
URN: 143042[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 28 2024/25[17]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan: 28.6% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 0% 2024/25[17]

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Independent Schools Inspectorate: Inspection report, Cherwell College Oxford, February 2023. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.