Schools in Oxford[1]

Local authority district E07000178 · 65 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 84 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 6 (7%)[4]
second 20%: 12 (14%)[4]
middle 20%: 17 (20%)[4]
fourth 20%: 19 (23%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 30 (36%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	10%[4]	17%[4]	21%[4]	18%[4]	35%[4]
Employment	5%[4]	18%[4]	14%[4]	15%[4]	48%[4]
Education and skills	23%[4]	20%[4]	14%[4]	14%[4]	29%[4]
Health and disability	1%[4]	17%[4]	15%[4]	25%[4]	42%[4]
Crime	15%[4]	25%[4]	25%[4]	18%[4]	17%[4]
Housing and services	6%[4]	25%[4]	38%[4]	19%[4]	12%[4]
Living environment	4%[4]	24%[4]	27%[4]	26%[4]	19%[4]
Children in low-income families	8%[4]	25%[4]	23%[4]	14%[4]	30%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 45.3% of 55,254 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 48.1% of 136,697 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 18.0% of 136,751 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Cheney School	11–18[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Greyfriars Catholic School	11–19[2]	A8 35 2025/26[8]
Oxford Spires Academy	11–19[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
The Cherwell School	11–18[2]	A8 59 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
The Oxford Academy	11–19[2]	A8 31 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
The Swan School	11–18[2]	A8 60 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (33)

School	Ages	Headline results
Barton Park Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Bayards Hill School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Cutteslowe Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
East Oxford Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
John Henry Newman Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Larkrise Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
New Hinksey Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
New Marston Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Orchard Meadow Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Pegasus School	2–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Rose Hill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 34% 2024/25[10]
Sandhills Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley	5–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
St Francis Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
St Frideswide Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 33% 2024/25[10]
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore	2–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Tyndale Community School	0–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
West Oxford Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Windale Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Windmill Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Wolvercote Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[10]
Wood Farm Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (15)

School	Ages	Headline results
Cherwell College Oxford	12–25[2]	AL C 2024/25[9]
Christ Church Cathedral School	2–13[2]
d'Overbroeck's	11–19[2]	AL A- 2024/25[9]
Dragon School	4–14[2]
Emmanuel Christian School	3–11[2]
Headington School Oxford	3–19[2]	AL A- 2024/25[9]
Kings Education (Oxford)	15–25[2]	AL B 2024/25[9]
Magdalen College School	7–19[2]	AL A 2024/25[9]
New College School	4–13[2]
Oxford High School GDST	4–19[2]	AL A- 2024/25[9]
Oxford International College	14–19[2]	AL A- 2024/25[9]
St Clare's, Oxford	15–19[2]
St Edward's School	13–18[2]	AL B 2024/25[9]
Summer Fields School	4–13[2]
Wychwood School	10–18[2]	AL C+ 2024/25[9]

Special schools and alternative provision (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Endeavour Academy, Oxford	8–19[2]
Mabel Prichard School	2–19[2]
Meadowbrook College	5–16[2]
Northern House Academy	5–11[2]
Orion Academy	10–18[2]
Oxfordshire Hospital School	5–18[2]
The Iffley Academy	5–18[2]

Nursery schools (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
Comper Nursery School	2–4[2]
Grandpont Nursery School	2–4[2]
Headington Quarry Nursery School	2–5[2]
Slade Nursery School	2–5[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.