Secondary schools in Oxford
8 secondary schools in Oxford, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Oxford in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Oxford first 1,471 times for 1,493 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 0.98 across the Oxfordshire authority's 39 schools. One of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2022 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Cheney School, to 1.69 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- The Cherwell School
- Cheney School
- Greyfriars Catholic School
- Matthew Arnold School
- Oxford Spires Academy
- The Swan School
- Wheatley Park School
- The Oxford Academy
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Browse by authority: Oxfordshire · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.