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Greyfriars Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 35 34.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
34.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
30.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
7.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.04 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 34[5] 28.9%[5]
2023/24 40.4[3] 37.6%[3] -0.04[3]
2022/23 36.4[6] 31%[6] -0.41[6]
2021/22 41.8[7] 32%[7] -0.20[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D- 2024/25[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
3.3% 2024/25[8]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D-[9] 3.7%[9]
2022/23 D[10] 0%[10]
2021/22 D[11] 0%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
50% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[12]
Employment
1% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[13] 55%[13] 0%[13] 34%[13] 2%[13] 3%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[14]
Education
61% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
23% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[15] 39%[15] 6%[15] 44%[15]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
63% 2021/22[16]
Top third of most selective universities
9% 2021/22[16]

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
11 Oct 2023[17]
Type
S5 Inspection[17]
Report published
27 Nov 2023[17]
Personal development
Good[17]
Quality of education
Good[17]
Overall effectiveness
Good[17]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[17]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[17]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[17]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[17]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[18]
Applications (any preference)
218 Entry Sept 2026[18]
First preferences
71 Entry Sept 2026[18]
Places offered
96 Entry Sept 2026[18]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[18]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 201[18] 61[18] 119[18] 1.7[18] 0.5[18]
Entry Sept 2024 188[18] 61[18] 92[18] 2.0[18] 0.7[18]
Entry Sept 2023 158[18] 53[18] 146[18] 1.1[18] 0.4[18]
Entry Sept 2022 138[18] 51[18] 172[18] 0.8[18] 0.3[18]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[19]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
THE POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
https://www.greyfriarsoxford.org.uk[1]
District
Oxford[20]
Postcode
OX4 3DR[1]
URN
146800[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
670 2024/25[21]
English as an additional language
44.9% 2024/25[21]
SEN support
11.5% 2024/25[21]
EHC plan
2.7% 2024/25[21]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31.4% 2024/25[21]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
33%[22]
Mixed
13.6%[22]
Asian
25%[22]
Black
18.5%[22]
Any other ethnic group
7.6%[22]
Unclassified
2.2%[22]

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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. greyfriarsoxford.org.uk: greyfriarsoxford.org.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Applications need to be made by 31st October 2026. (p. 1)
  20. 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.
  21. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.