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Didcot Girls' School
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Manor Crescent, Didcot OX11 7AJ · didcotgirls.oxon.sch.uk · 01235 812092
On the mapSearch near OX11 7AJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 58.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Oxfordshire 46.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,633
- 40 over 1,593 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 13.1%
- First language not English
- 18.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 280 families put the school first and 263 places were offered; 89% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 263 | 280 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 264 | 367 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 292 | 372 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 269 | 379 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 295 | 346 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 58.8, and 72.1% 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 (40.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲58.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲72.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲87.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲67.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.57 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 48.3 | −4 |
| Sixth form college | 3 | −0.1 |
| Further education | 34.3 | +0.8 |
| Other education | 0.4 | −2.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.8 | +1.1 |
| Employment | 1.9 | −1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.3 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 6 | +4.5 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125 students | B (40.8) | Below average -0.13 | |
| 125 students | B (40.8) | Below average -0.13 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 119 | B (39.4) | -0.11 |
| 2022/23 | 110 | B (40.1) | — |
| 2021/22 | 99 | B+ (43.1) | — |
| 2018/19 | 71 | B- (35.9) | -0.06 |
| 2017/18 | 93 | C+ (33.1) | -0.24 |
| 2016/17 | 102 | C (30.1) | -0.61 |
| 2015/16 | 90 | C+ (34) | -0.20 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 68 | +20 |
| Further and other education | 9 | +2 |
| Further education | 5 | — |
| Other education | 3 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | −10 |
| Employment | 15 | −13 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4 | +2 |
| Activity not captured | 1 | −1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Didcot Girls' School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 22 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2015
Other inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2025Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Nov 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (378 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 378
- 24% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 53 parents (14%) with SEND