Schools in South Oxfordshire
71 state-funded schools, 23,190 pupils. 91% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 3 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
3 schools have been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence. 1 school is awaiting a first inspection.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in South Oxfordshire?
South Oxfordshire has 71 state-funded schools teaching 23,190 pupils. 57 primary, 10 secondary, 2 nursery.
What percentage of schools in South Oxfordshire are Good or Outstanding?
91% of the 67 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in South Oxfordshire are rated Good or Outstanding: 3 Outstanding and 58 Good. 4 require improvement and 2 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in South Oxfordshire are rated Outstanding?
3 schools are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in South Oxfordshire: Didcot Girls' School, Gillotts School, Aureus Primary School.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Didcot Girls' SchoolSecondary1,643Outstanding 2022
- Gillotts SchoolSecondary918Outstanding 2023
- Aureus Primary SchoolPrimary459Outstanding 2022
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 57 | 54 | 90.7% |
| Secondary | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| Nursery | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Special | 2 | 1 | 0% |
Every school in South Oxfordshire
Showing 20 of 71 schools.
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Lord Williams's School | Secondary | 2,290 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Didcot Girls' School | Secondary | 1,643 | Outstanding2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Wallingford School | Secondary | 1,437 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Birinus School | Secondary | 1,212 | Good2020 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Wheatley Park School | Secondary | 1,146 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Europa School UK | Secondary | 1,107 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Gillotts School | Secondary | 918 | Outstanding2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Icknield Community College | Secondary | 766 | Good2015 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Langtree School | Secondary | 620 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Barley Hill Primary School | Primary | 501 | Good2015 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Willowcroft Community School | Primary | 488 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Aureus Primary School | Primary | 459 | Outstanding2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Stephen Freeman Primary School | Primary | 449 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
John Hampden Primary School | Primary | 448 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Ladygrove Park Primary School | Primary | 428 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
All Saints Church of England Primary School | Primary | 425 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge | Secondary | 421 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor | Primary | 415 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Northbourne Church of England Primary School | Primary | 338 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Sonning Common Primary School | Primary | 330 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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