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Bartholomew School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Witney Road, Eynsham, Witney OX29 4AP · bartholomew.oxon.sch.uk · 01865 881430

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected May 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
57
average Attainment 8 score. Oxfordshire 46.4, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,390
65 over 1,325 places · 105%
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
11.4%
First language not English
11.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Epa Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 202 families put the school first and 207 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 241 (Places 212)241September 2023: 218 (Places 207)218September 2024: 245 (Places 208)245September 2025: 197 (Places 213)197September 2026: 202 (Places 207)202Places 207
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026207202194%
September 2025Sept 20252131970.999%
September 2024Sept 20242082451.2▲81%
September 2023Sept 20232072181.1▲90%
September 2022Sept 20222122411.1▲88%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 57, and 66.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Oxfordshire it was 46.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (41 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 55.5 (England 46.3)55.52017/18: 54.1 (England 46.5)54.12018/19: 53.2 (England 46.7)53.22021/22: 59.2 (England 48.8)59.22022/23: 55.8 (England 46.3)55.82023/24: 57.3 (England 45.9)57.32024/25: 57.0 (England 46.0)57.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲5746
▲66.7%45.4%
▲80.3%64.8%
▼31.5%40.5%
▲5.004.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form63.1+2.9
Sixth form college0.5—
Further education25.2+0.3
Apprenticeship4.4−0.6
Employment3.9+1.4
Not in a lasting destination0.5−3
Activity not captured2.4−0.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 34.4 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 33.4 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 32.3 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 37.3 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 42.0 (England 37.9)B+2022/23: 41.8 (England 34.2)B+2023/24: 39.9 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 41.0 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
136 studentsB (41)Average +0.02
136 studentsB (40.7)Average -0.01
19 studentsDist (33.7)Average -0.18
25.6%AAB or better
91.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24137B (39.9)-0.01
2022/23141B+ (41.8)—
2021/22117B+ (42)—
2018/19126B- (37.3)+0.10
2017/18114C+ (32.3)+0.03
2016/17122C+ (33.4)+0.09
2015/1694C+ (34.4)+0.30

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University52.1+1.7
Further education4.9+1.5
Apprenticeship6.3+1.2
Employment27.5−0.7
Not in a lasting destination7.70
Activity not captured1.4−3.7

Ofsted

Bartholomew School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 14 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
14 May 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • May 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • May 2009Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (337 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
88%
Replies
337
25% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school●88% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●85% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●86% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●87% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼77% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲89% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●78% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly●77% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 77% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲56% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 39% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼40% agreeEngland 68%

based on 81 parents (24%) with SEND

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