Secondary
St Birinus School
Mereland Road, Didcot, OX11 8AZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1237 of 1428 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- RIDGEWAY EDUCATION TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
February 2020
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
51%
48.2
2nd of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Didcot we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.44 |
| Entered the EBacc | 43% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| A level average points per entry | 36.35 |
| A level students | 65 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 63% |
| 22/23 | 54% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 51% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.3 |
| 22/23 | 37.0 |
| 23/24 | 35.7 |
| 24/25 | 36.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.45 |
| 22/23 | +0.46 |
| 23/24 | +0.36 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 55.0 |
| 22/23 | 51.7 |
| 23/24 | 50.0 |
| 24/25 | 48.2 |
Mereland Road, Didcot, OX11 8AZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Oxfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- William Manning
- Address
- Mereland Road, Didcot, OX11 8AZ
- Telephone
- 01235814444