Abingdon School
Other independent school · Mixed · Oxfordshire
Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
23
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
—
No graded inspection
Application demand
—
No council data
Attendance
—
No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,270
Capacity used
Has space89%
1,425 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Michael Windsor
- Address
- Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
- Phone
- 01235521563
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Abingdon Fitzharris · Oxford West and Abingdon
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 123312
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
1,270 pupils · 1,425 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 | 15.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 0.72 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 48.68 | — | — |
Average grade: A (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 16.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.64 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 196 | — |
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 | 49.02 | 35 |
| Average grade | A | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 58.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 181 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design & Technology | 59 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 56 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 39 | 59% | 90% | 95% | |
| Art and Design | 38 | 61% | 95% | 100% | |
| Latin | 36 | 89% | 97% | 100% | |
| Ancient History | 35 | 94% | 97% | 97% | |
| Other Sciences | 34 | 97% | 97% | 97% | |
| Drama | 24 | 75% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chinese | 24 | 96% | 100% | 100% | |
| Music | 19 | 84% | 100% | 100% | |
| Classical Greek | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Greek | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 119 | 39% | 80% | 89% | |
| Economics | 59 | 20% | 68% | 95% | |
| Chemistry | 57 | 26% | 74% | 91% | |
| Physics | 56 | 43% | 82% | 96% | |
| Geography | 48 | 25% | 63% | 83% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 41 | 24% | 73% | 90% | |
| History | 31 | 42% | 87% | 100% | |
| Biology | 30 | 27% | 67% | 80% | |
| Psychology | 24 | 13% | 38% | 58% | |
| Government and Politics | 18 | 39% | 72% | 94% | |
| Business Studies | 16 | 0% | 44% | 88% | |
| Fine Art | 15 | 47% | 80% | 93% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #96 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10029: Abingdon School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 29 |
| Offers | 7 |
| Success rate | 24% |
| Accepted offers | 6 |
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
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
Loading prices…
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.