Schools in Oxfordshire
362 schools in the Oxfordshire local authority.
Schools
362
Open schools
Pupils
117,587
2025–26 census
Good or better
95%
259 of 273 graded
Academic Performance
5.2
out of 10 · 306 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 25 9%
- Good
- 234 86%
- Requires improvement
- 10 4%
- Inadequate
- 4 1%
26 inspected since 2024, no overall grade25 superseded by a report card63 not judged2 in a category of concern4 safeguarding not effective
5.2
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 306 of 362 schools that can be scored
Pupils
117,587
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Roll from 359 of 362 schools (117,587 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
74%Asian
8%Black
4%Mixed
8%Chinese
<1%Any other group
2%Unclassified
3%Ethnicity from 307 of 362 schools (101,045 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 16.1%
- First language not English
- 18.1%
- Young carers
- 2.0%
16,317 of 101,045 pupils · 308 of 362 schools
18,239 of 101,045 pupils · 307 of 362 schools
1,996 of 100,622 pupils · 300 of 362 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 256
- Secondary
- 53
- All-through
- 16
- Special
- 21
- Nursery
- 7
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 8
Top primary schools in Oxfordshire
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Aureus Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Buckland Church of England Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.Didcot Primary AcademyOxfordshire · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 4.Longford Park Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 5.Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping NortonOxfordshire · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 6.Cherry Fields Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 7.Finstock Church of England Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 8.St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 9.Wantage Primary AcademyOxfordshire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 10.Stockham Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.2/10Outstanding
- 11.William Morris Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.1/10Outstanding
- 12.Combe CofE Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.0/10Good
- 13.Kingham Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.0/10Good
- 14.Lewknor Church of England Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.0/10
- 15.Woodstock Church of England Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.0/10
- 16.Hornton Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 17.Shiplake Church of England SchoolOxfordshire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 18.Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 19.Whitchurch Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 20.Eynsham Community Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary8.8/10Good
Top secondary schools in Oxfordshire
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Gillotts SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Bartholomew SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 3.Didcot Girls' SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 4.The Cherwell SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 5.Matthew Arnold SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary8.8/10
- 6.Langtree SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary8.7/10Good
- 7.The Swan SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary8.6/10Good
- 8.The Marlborough Church of England SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary8.5/10Good
- 9.Wallingford SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary8.4/10Good
- 10.Burford SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary8.0/10Good
- 11.Wheatley Park SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary7.9/10Good
- 12.Icknield Community CollegeOxfordshire · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 13.Chipping Norton SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary7.5/10
- 14.St Birinus SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary7.4/10
- 15.North Oxfordshire AcademyOxfordshire · Secondary6.9/10Good
- 16.The Bicester SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary6.9/10Good
- 17.Fitzharrys SchoolOxfordshire · Secondary6.8/10Good
- 18.Whitelands Academy Oxfordshire · Secondary6.8/10Good
- 19.Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth FormOxfordshire · Secondary6.5/10Good
- 20.Oxford Spires AcademyOxfordshire · Secondary6.5/10Good
Browse all 362 schools in Oxfordshire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Oxfordshire
- How many schools are there in Oxfordshire?
- Oxfordshire has 362 open schools — 256 primary, 53 secondary, 21 special, 7 nursery, teaching 117,587 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Oxfordshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 259 of the 273 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 25 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 362: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Oxfordshire?
- 5.2 out of 10, averaged across the 306 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Oxfordshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 89 schools in Oxfordshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Oxfordshire local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Oxfordshire covers 362 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Oxfordshire are eligible for free school meals?
- 16.1% — 16,317 of 101,045 pupils at the 308 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the South East region.