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Burford School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 50.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
48.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.21 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 52.4[6] 59.6%[6]
2023/24 49.3[4] 48.8%[4] +0.21[4]
2022/23 48.2[7] 52%[7] +0.12[7]
2021/22 53.9[8] 59%[8] -0.03[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
7.3% 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] 12.9%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 8.9%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 14.4%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 9.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
39% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
10% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
35% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 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 98%[15] 48%[15] 9%[15] 31%[15] 5%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 52%[16] 6%[16] 30%[16] 5%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 49%[17] 5%[17] 31%[17] 5%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 52%[18] 7%[18] 27%[18] 6%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
Education
52% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
31% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 58%[20] 7%[20] 24%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 65%[21] 3%[21] 17%[21]
2019/20 93%[22] 57%[22] 5%[22] 30%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 57%[23] 7%[23] 28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
73% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
27% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
34% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 78%[26] 30%[26]
2019/20 71%[25] 33%[25] 34%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 65%[27] 25%[27] 22%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 71%[28] 24%[28] 26%[28] 1%[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
10 Oct 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
23 Nov 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
10 May 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
500 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
245 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
226 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 515[31] 257[31] 232[31] 2.2[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 557[31] 270[31] 228[31] 2.4[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2023 545[31] 252[31] 231[31] 2.4[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 466[31] 280[31] 233[31] 2.0[31] 1.2[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
210 Entry Sept 2026[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
BURFORD SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.burford.oxon.sch.uk[1]
District
West Oxfordshire[33]
Postcode
OX18 4PL[1]
URN
138289[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1443 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
3.6% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
13% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.9% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
41%[35]
Mixed
2.9%[35]
Asian
0.8%[35]
Black
1.1%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.1%[35]
Unclassified
54%[35]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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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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  32. burfordschool.reactfiles.co.uk: burfordschool.reactfiles.co.uk — Admissions Policy Day School 2026-2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The Burford School admission number for day school places is 210. (p. 1)
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