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Bartholomew School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,390Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137919URN

Witney Road, Eynsham, Witney, OX29 4AP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
0.4 above Oxfordshire median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Oxfordshire

556 applications for 207 places · 9th of 38 in Oxfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
55.0of 90
6th of 41 in Oxfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 14 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.7applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Oxfordshire median (2.3) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

556 applications · 207 places offered · 202 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.8; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
  3. 2024 3.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  4. 2023 3.0; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.7; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.5; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
  12. 2015 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Oxfordshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262075562.72020.98
Sep 20252135852.81970.92
Sep 20242086203.02451.18
Sep 20232076153.02181.05
Sep 20222125792.72411.14
Sep 20212125482.62311.09
Sep 20202145352.52030.95
Sep 20192094872.32081.00
Sep 20182095412.62651.27
Sep 20172084912.42191.05
Sep 20162084242.01990.96
Sep 20152064302.12091.01
Sep 20142093851.82091.00

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

214 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)55.06th of 41 in Oxfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths61%7th of 41 in Oxfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.80
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21455.061%77%–
2024/2521357.067%80%–
2023/2420657.367%80%+0.80
2022/2320855.863%82%+0.52

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137919 · 931/4054
Trust
Epa Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,325 pupils · 1,390 on roll
Free school meals
11.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2012
Replaced
Bartholomew School (URN 123239)
Address
Witney Road, Eynsham, Witney, OX29 4AP
Local authority
Oxfordshire · West Oxfordshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources