Our Lady's Abingdon
Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PS
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 7 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Principal
- Mr Daniel Gibbons
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 540
- Pupils on roll
- 368
- URN
- 123298
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
About this school
Our Lady's Abingdon was a Roman Catholic independent school in Abingdon. It taught children aged 7 to 19 and had 368 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Our Lady's Abingdon has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in June 1976, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 50 | 59 | 59 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.9 | 36.8 | 34.7 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Our Lady's Abingdon has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Oxfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34.9 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.8 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 34.7 | 37.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 366 |
| 2023/24 | 387 |
| 2024/25 | 368 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 2
- Pupils on SEN support
- 181
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kingfisher School0.3 miles
Academies · Abingdon
-
Abingdon School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Abingdon
-
St Helen and St Katharine0.9 miles
Independent schools · Abingdon
-
The Unicorn School1.0 miles
Special schools · Abingdon
-
The Manor Preparatory School1.1 miles
Independent schools · Abingdon
Other schools in Abingdon
- Abingdon School Independent schools
- Cothill House Independent schools
- St Helen and St Katharine Independent schools
- The Manor Preparatory School Independent schools
- Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School Primary
- Caldecott Primary School Primary
- Carswell Community Primary School Primary
- Clifton Hampden Church of England Primary School Primary
- Drayton Community Primary School Primary
- Dry Sandford Primary School Primary
- Dunmore Primary School Primary
- John Blandy Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Our Lady's Abingdon teach?
- Our Lady's Abingdon taught children aged 7 to 19. It was an independent school in Abingdon.
- Has Our Lady's Abingdon been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Our Lady's Abingdon under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Our Lady's Abingdon?
- Our Lady's Abingdon had 368 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 19.
- How have Our Lady's Abingdon's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 34.9 in 2022/23 and 34.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Our Lady's Abingdon's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Our Lady's Abingdon's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 11 September 2025.