Didcot Girls' School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Oxfordshire
Manor Crescent, Didcot, OX11 7AJ
84
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
70%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
18.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,633
Capacity used
Over capacity103%
1,593 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
70%
1st preference success rate
258 of 367 families who put it first got an offer
264
Places offered
550
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 367 | 258 | ● 70% |
| 2nd preference | 105 | 5 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 50 | 1 | ● 2% |
| 4th preference | 28 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 550 | 264 | 48% |
1st preference success by year
Oxfordshire lets families list 4 preferences. 6 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sarah Roberts & Martha Hawes
- Address
- Manor Crescent, Didcot, OX11 7AJ
- Phone
- 01235812092
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Didcot West · Didcot and Wantage
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138490
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 13% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: RIDGEWAY EDUCATION TRUST
1,633 pupils · 1,593 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
23 November 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,425 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 58.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.87 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 87% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.38 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.40 | — | — |
Average grade: B (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 58.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 72.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 87.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 67.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.57 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 262 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 40.76 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 25.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 125 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 262 | 36% | 75% | 88% | |
| English Language | 262 | 35% | 74% | 85% | |
| English Literature | 255 | 37% | 80% | 93% | |
| Combined Science | 163 | 20% | 69% | 87% | |
| History | 130 | 51% | 82% | 87% | |
| Business | 118 | 45% | 75% | 81% | |
| Geography | 117 | 31% | 71% | 82% | |
| Social Studies | 105 | 46% | 80% | 89% | |
| Art and Design | 102 | 33% | 66% | 84% | |
| Biology | 91 | 81% | 99% | 100% | |
| Physics | 91 | 69% | 99% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 91 | 75% | 99% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 60 | 27% | 58% | 65% | |
| Biology | 46 | 17% | 37% | 59% | |
| Chemistry | 32 | 6% | 28% | 50% | |
| Psychology | 31 | 13% | 35% | 87% | |
| Sociology | 28 | 4% | 36% | 79% | |
| Business Studies | 26 | 8% | 19% | 65% | |
| Physics | 21 | 10% | 38% | 52% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 18 | 39% | 83% | 89% | |
| English Literature | 17 | 41% | 71% | 82% | |
| History | 15 | 0% | 27% | 87% | |
| Economics | 13 | 8% | 23% | 69% | |
| Religious Studies | 13 | 0% | 15% | 62% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10046: Didcot Sixth Form College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 6 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 64% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 6% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 66% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Oxfordshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.