St Helen and St Katharine
Other independent school · Girls · Oxfordshire
Faringdon Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BE
100
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
700
Capacity used
Nearly full93%
750 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 9–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sarah Rollings
- Address
- Faringdon Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BE
- Phone
- 01235520173
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Abingdon Fitzharris · Oxford West and Abingdon
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 123313
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
700 pupils · 750 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 | 77.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 98% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 98% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 7.02 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 47.12 | — | — |
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 | 71.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 98% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 100% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 98 | — |
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 | 46.71 | 35 |
| Average grade | A- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 57.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 94 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 98 | 88% | 98% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 98 | 96% | 100% | 100% | |
| Biology | 74 | 97% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 74 | 97% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 74 | 99% | 100% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 62 | 94% | 98% | 100% | |
| Geography | 52 | 94% | 100% | 100% | |
| French | 36 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 32 | 91% | 97% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 29 | 76% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 26 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| Latin | 24 | 96% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 44 | 27% | 75% | 91% | |
| Biology | 34 | 21% | 56% | 91% | |
| Chemistry | 31 | 19% | 61% | 94% | |
| Psychology | 27 | 22% | 48% | 67% | |
| Geography | 19 | 26% | 68% | 89% | |
| History | 18 | 22% | 61% | 94% | |
| Physics | 18 | 28% | 56% | 72% | |
| English Literature | 17 | 29% | 65% | 100% | |
| Economics | 13 | 31% | 69% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 10 | 20% | 60% | 90% | |
| Fine Art | 8 | 38% | 50% | 88% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 7 | 43% | 57% | 71% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #124 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10033: St Helen and St Katharine
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 13 |
| Offers | 6 |
| Success rate | 46% |
| 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.