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Bartholomew School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 55 55.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
55 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
61.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
28.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.80 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 57[6] 66.7%[6]
2023/24 57.3[4] 67%[4] +0.80[4]
2022/23 55.8[7] 63%[7] +0.52[7]
2021/22 59.2[8] 69%[8] +0.68[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
25.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[10] 35%[10]
2022/23 B+[11] 31.5%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 29.4%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 24.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
57% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
31% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 60%[15] 0%[15] 25%[15] 5%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 65%[16] 0%[16] 25%[16] 3%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 53%[17] 0%[17] 30%[17] 5%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 55%[18] 0%[18] 29%[18] 5%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
42% 2022/23[19]
Education
46% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
42% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 49%[20] 53%[20] 5%[20] 29%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 48%[21] 55%[21] 5%[21] 33%[21]
2019/20 86%[22] 59%[22] 61%[22] 2%[22] 23%[22]
2018/19 85%[23] 36%[23] 46%[23] 3%[23] 36%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
70% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
34% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
40% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
4% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 75%[26] 41%[26]
2019/20 82%[25] 39%[25] 40%[25] 4%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 27%[27] 29%[27] 5%[27]
2017/18 71%[28] 23%[28] 25%[28] 2%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 May 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
17 Jun 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
556 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
202 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
207 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 585[30] 197[30] 213[30] 2.7[30] 0.9[30]
Entry Sept 2024 620[30] 245[30] 208[30] 3.0[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2023 615[30] 218[30] 207[30] 3.0[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 579[30] 241[30] 212[30] 2.7[30] 1.1[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1325[1]
Trust
EPA TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.bartholomew.oxon.sch.uk[1]
District
West Oxfordshire[31]
Postcode
OX29 4AP[1]
URN
137919[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1383 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
10.7% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
14.8% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
2.8% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.8% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
80.1%[33]
Mixed
7.8%[33]
Asian
7.9%[33]
Black
1.9%[33]
Any other ethnic group
1.4%[33]
Unclassified
1%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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