St Edward's School
Other independent school · Mixed · Oxfordshire
Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 7NN
15
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
809
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
850 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 13–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Alastair Chirnside
- Address
- Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 7NN
- Phone
- 01865319323
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Summertown · Oxford West and Abingdon
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 123292
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 26% | — | — |
809 pupils · 850 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 10.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 0.88 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 43.72 | — | — |
Average grade: B+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 10.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.88 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 152 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 41.09 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 25% | 17% |
| A-level students | 116 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French | 77 | 48% | 91% | 97% | |
| Spanish | 44 | 48% | 80% | 93% | |
| Religious Studies | 37 | 68% | 89% | 95% | |
| Computer Science | 30 | 30% | 73% | 87% | |
| Latin | 21 | 57% | 86% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 10 | 70% | 100% | 100% | |
| German | 8 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| Music | 7 | 43% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chinese | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Russian | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Classical Greek | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 38 | 24% | 58% | 79% | |
| Economics | 33 | 3% | 27% | 70% | |
| History | 28 | 4% | 50% | 86% | |
| Psychology | 23 | 0% | 17% | 65% | |
| Government and Politics | 18 | 0% | 17% | 67% | |
| Biology | 16 | 6% | 50% | 88% | |
| Physics | 16 | 19% | 31% | 75% | |
| Classical Civilisation | 14 | 0% | 14% | 86% | |
| Chemistry | 13 | 15% | 69% | 92% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 13 | 15% | 38% | 92% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 12 | 8% | 25% | 75% | |
| Religious Studies | 11 | 0% | 0% | 73% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12538: St Edward's School, Oxford
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 11 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.