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Burford School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,452Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138289URN

Cheltenham Road, Burford, OX18 4PL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodOct 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
close to Oxfordshire median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Oxfordshire

500 applications for 226 places · 22nd of 38 in Oxfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.7of 90
10th of 41 in Oxfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodOct 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2023

Inspection history

  1. 11 October 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 1 October 2014
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
close to Oxfordshire median (2.3) close to England median (2.2)

500 applications · 226 places offered · 245 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
  12. 2015 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.6; Oxfordshire median median 1.6
  • 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 20262265002.22451.08
Sep 20252325152.22571.11
Sep 20242285572.42701.18
Sep 20232315452.42521.09
Sep 20222334662.02801.20
Sep 20212335042.23061.31
Sep 20202355092.23281.40
Sep 20192294151.82751.20
Sep 20182364311.83161.34
Sep 20172704281.62911.08
Sep 20162123281.62050.97
Sep 20151963031.61850.94
Sep 20141802891.61740.97

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

243 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.710th of 41 in Oxfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths49%17th of 41 in Oxfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.21
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24350.749%71%–
2024/2524552.460%81%–
2023/2424849.349%74%+0.21
2022/2324648.252%70%+0.12

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

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  • 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
138289 · 931/4040
Trust
Burford School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,400 pupils · 1,452 on roll
Free school meals
13.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2012
Replaced
Burford School and Community College (URN 123235)
Address
Cheltenham Road, Burford, OX18 4PL
Local authority
Oxfordshire · West Oxfordshire

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