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Academy sponsor led · 531 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7
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Gillotts School
- Pupils on roll
- 934of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 10.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 171
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 27 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Gillotts School (URN 123240, until 1 March 2012).
What the data says
Gillotts School has no sixth form. Of the 181 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 13% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 61.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Oxfordshire, with 76% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Oxfordshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Gillotts School | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 181 | 6,906 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 41% | 45% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 13% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 8% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Gillotts School | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 61.3 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 76% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 87% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 60% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.74 | 4.14 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 14% | 20% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.6 | 31.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 64.5 | 50.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 16% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 170 | 99% | 89% | 35% | 20% | 86% |
| Mathematics | 170 | 99% | 88% | 44% | 22% | 91% |
| English Literature | 168 | 98% | 86% | 34% | 21% | 86% |
| Religious Studies | 158 | 92% | 31% | 41% | 32% | 85% |
| Biology | 99 | 58% | 23% | 74% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 99 | 58% | 23% | 69% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 98 | 57% | 23% | 66% | 46% | 100% |
| History | 79 | 46% | 41% | 67% | 26% | 94% |
| Geography | 78 | 46% | 41% | 65% | 25% | 92% |
| Combined Science | 69 | 40% | 65% | 17% | 9% | 77% |
| Spanish | 57 | 33% | 19% | 58% | 27% | 96% |
| Sociology | 45 | 26% | 4% | 29% | 21% | 91% |
| Business Studies | 44 | 26% | 18% | 39% | 20% | 80% |
| French | 37 | 22% | 18% | 51% | 29% | 86% |
| Fine Art | 34 | 20% | 9% | 32% | 28% | 94% |
| German | 32 | 19% | 5% | 31% | 33% | 94% |
| Physical Education | 22 | 13% | 11% | 27% | 24% | 82% |
| Drama | 17 | 10% | 7% | 35% | 27% | 94% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 9% | 11% | 13% | 23% | 75% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 15 | 9% | 8% | 33% | 21% | 93% |
| Music | 15 | 9% | 5% | 47% | 33% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 7 | 4% | 13% | 71% | 30% | 100% |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 15 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 5 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.