Schools in Oxford

About schools in Oxford

Oxford lists 95 schools across a mix of phases. Its eight secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at two sixth forms and colleges.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

63%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 48 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

47.7

average Attainment 8 score, across the 11 schools with published results

Nursery schools5

• Comper Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

• Grandpont Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

• Headington Quarry Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Slade Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Wheatley Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 3 to 5

Primary schools48

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Barton Park Primary School

  Free schools · Ages 2 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Bayards Hill School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Beckley Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Botley School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Chalgrove Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Cumnor Church of England School (Voluntary Controlled)

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Cutteslowe Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• East Oxford Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Garsington Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Great Milton Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Horspath Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• John Henry Newman Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Kirtlington Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

• Larkrise Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Little Milton Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

• New Hinksey Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• New Marston Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• North Hinksey Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 0 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Orchard Meadow Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Pegasus School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Rose Hill Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  34%

  expected standard
• Sandhills Community Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 5 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• St Francis Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• St Frideswide Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  33%

  expected standard
• St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• St Swithun's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Stadhampton Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Tyndale Community School

  Free schools · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• West Oxford Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Wheatley Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• William Fletcher Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Windale Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Windmill Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Wolvercote Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• Wood Farm Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard

Secondary schools8

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Cheney School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  46.0

  Attainment 8
• Greyfriars Catholic School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 19

  34.0

  Attainment 8
• Matthew Arnold School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  56.5

  Attainment 8
• Oxford Spires Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 19

  46.3

  Attainment 8
• The Cherwell School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  58.3

  Attainment 8
• The Oxford Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 19

  33.6

  Attainment 8
• The Swan School

  Free schools · Ages 11 to 18

  55.4

  Attainment 8
• Wheatley Park School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  51.5

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges2

• Activate Learning

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

• Ruskin College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision12

• Chilworth House School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 12

• Endeavour Academy, Oxford

  Academy special sponsor led · Ages 8 to 19

• John Watson School

  Academy special converter · Ages 2 to 19

• LVS Oxford

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 20

• Mabel Prichard School

  Academy special converter · Ages 2 to 19

• Meadowbrook College

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 5 to 16

• Northern House Academy

  Academy special converter · Ages 5 to 11

• Orion Academy

  Academy special sponsor led · Ages 10 to 18 · Boys

• Oxfordshire Hospital School

  Community special school · Ages 5 to 18

• Park School

  Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 18

• The Iffley Academy

  Academy special converter · Ages 5 to 18

• Woodeaton Manor School

  Academy special sponsor led · Ages 7 to 18

Independent schools16

• Chandlings Prep

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 11

• Cherwell College Oxford

  Other independent school · Ages 12 to 25

• Christ Church Cathedral School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 13

• d'Overbroeck's

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 19

• Dragon School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 14

• Emmanuel Christian School

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 11

• Headington Rye Oxford

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 19 · Girls

• Kings Education (Oxford)

  Other independent school · Ages 15 to 25

• Magdalen College School

  Other independent school · Ages 7 to 19

• New College School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 13 · Boys

• Oxford High School GDST

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 19 · Girls

• Oxford Montessori Schools

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 17

• St Clare's, Oxford

  Other independent school · Ages 15 to 19

• St Edward's School

  Other independent school · Ages 13 to 18

• Summer Fields School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 13 · Boys

• Wychwood School

  Other independent school · Ages 10 to 18

Other establishments4

• Oxford Brookes University

  Higher education institutions

• Oxford Media & Business School

  Miscellaneous · Ages 16 to 99

• The Eckersley School of English

  Miscellaneous · Ages 16 to 99

• University of Oxford

  Higher education institutions

Common questions about schools in Oxford

How many schools does Oxford have?

OfferDay lists 95 schools in Oxford, including 48 primary schools and 16 independent schools.

Who inspects schools in Oxford?

Every school in Oxford is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Oxford ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Oxford where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 28 July 2026.