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St Birinus School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 50.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
55.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.36 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 48.2[6] 50.9%[6]
2023/24 50[4] 53%[4] +0.36[4]
2022/23 51.7[7] 54%[7] +0.46[7]
2021/22 55[8] 63%[8] +0.45[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.8% 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] 18.1%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 17.6%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 27.3%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 11.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
43% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
35% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
9% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 96%[15] 50%[15] 0%[15] 35%[15] 4%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 42%[16] 4%[16] 35%[16] 5%[16] 9%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 46%[17] 1%[17] 35%[17] 8%[17] 5%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 47%[18] 0%[18] 36%[18] 8%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
65% 2022/23[19]
Education
67% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
19% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[20] 54%[20] 54%[20] 9%[20] 31%[20]
2020/21 82%[21] 56%[21] 56%[21] 4%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 58%[22] 58%[22] 4%[22] 30%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 25%[23] 36%[23] 9%[23] 39%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
65% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
35% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
38% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 68%[26] 32%[26]
2019/20 79%[25] 46%[25] 38%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 54%[27] 15%[27] 18%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 65%[28] 28%[28] 26%[28] 4%[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
4 Feb 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
17 Mar 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
11 Feb 2020[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
341 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
196 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
235 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 317[32] 210[32] 234[32] 1.4[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 417[32] 282[32] 230[32] 1.8[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2023 350[32] 245[32] 262[32] 1.3[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 335[32] 227[32] 231[32] 1.5[32] 1.0[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1428[1]
Trust
RIDGEWAY EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.st-birinus-school.org.uk/[1]
District
South Oxfordshire[33]
Postcode
OX11 8AZ[1]
URN
138762[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1212 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
13.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
20% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.8% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
80.9%[35]
Mixed
5.4%[35]
Asian
8%[35]
Black
3.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.1%[35]
Unclassified
1.5%[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

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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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