Gosford Hill School | School performance

62%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

42%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

45.3

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

28%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

488.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

848

Pupils · 2024/25

21%

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

42%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

45.3

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

28%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

488.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

848

Pupils · 2024/25

21%

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

42%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

45.3

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

28%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

488.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

848

Pupils · 2024/25

21%

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 15/02/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityOxfordshire

PhaseSecondary with sixth form with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio18.5:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Gosford Hill School · Secondary with sixth form · Oxfordshire

Part ofRIVER LEARNING TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

62%

-7pp

76%67%57%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 62%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

42%

-4pp

57%46%34%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 42%

Attainment 8

45.3

+0.1

54.148.442.7

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 45.3

EBacc entry

28%

-2pp

29%25%21%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 28%

EBacc APS

488.2

-173.5

677.7567.3457.0

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 488.2

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

34.1

+2.5

35.233.431.5

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 34.1

A-level value added

-0.34

-0.2

+0.30.0-0.3

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · -0.3

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

13%

-1pp

30%21%13%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 13%

Average A-level grade

C+

B-C+C

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · C+

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

848

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

21%

FSM eligible

22%

SEN

22%

Overall absence

11%

Persistent absence

30%

Contact

Address

Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2NT

Local authority

Oxfordshire

Website

http://www.gosford-hill.oxon.sch.uk/

Telephone

01865374971

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	62%	42%	45.3	Not applicable	28%	488.2	36%	848
2023/24	69%	46%	45.2	-0.36	29%	661.6	34%	848
2022/23	68%	52%	50.0	+0.12	22%	619.7	24%	838
2021/22	76%	57%	54.1	+0.39	26%	677.7	29%	798
2018/19	57%	34%	42.7	-0.33	21%	457.0	25%	881
2017/18	66%	50%	49.6	-0.10	28%	667.0	34%	893
2016/17	67%	49%	46.1	-0.31	27%	—	44%	906

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	34.1	C+	-0.34	13%	58
2023/24	31.7	C	-0.15	14%	71
2022/23	31.5	C	—	12%	62
2021/22	33.8	C+	—	21%	57
2018/19	35.2	B-	+0.33	30%	62
2017/18	28.6	C	+0.07	14%	73
2016/17	30.9	C	+0.34	13%	61

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	848	20.9	22%	21%	22%	11%	30%
2023/24	848	21.4	19%	20%	22%	11%	34%
2022/23	838	20.3	18%	20%	20%	10%	31%
2021/22	798	18.0	16%	17%	18%	9%	29%
2020/21	794	17.2	18%	16%	15%	—	—
2018/19	881	16.9	18%	14%	17%	7%	17%
2017/18	893	16.0	19%	13%	17%	7%	17%
2016/17	906	16.9	19%	14%	17%	6%	15%