Didcot Girls' School
About Didcot Girls' School
Didcot Girls' School sits in the Oxfordshire local authority, a county with 46 state secondary schools, and it holds the second-highest Progress 8 score among them. That puts it just behind The Cherwell School, the top-ranked peer in the area, and ahead of Bartholomew School and Gillotts School. The school is the highest-ranked girls' secondary in South Oxfordshire, coming first out of 11 schools in that borough. Nationally, it sits in the top five percent of all state secondaries, ranked 139th out of 3,141 schools. It is one of only four schools in Oxfordshire rated Outstanding by Ofsted, a grade it has held since its 2015 graded inspection and which was confirmed as unchanged in its most recent ungraded inspection in 2022. With 1,643 pupils on roll, it is significantly over capacity, and the 550 applications for 264 places in the 2025/26 admissions round show just how strong local demand is.
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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
23 Nov 2022Latest monitoring visit (23 Nov 2022): School remains Outstanding
Source: Ofsted, 15 Dec 2015. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
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