# The Cherwell School

The Cherwell School is a secondary school in Oxford, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 2,023 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E137970. [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 2,023
- Council: Oxford
- URN: 137970

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), October 2022
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 19 October 2022
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Cherwell School was 58.9, against 46.4 in Oxford and 46.2 in England.
64.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Oxford | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 58.9 | 46.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 64.9% | 48.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 62.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 268 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Oxford High School GDST](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oxford-high-school-gdst-e123310): 250 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Summer Fields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/summer-fields-school-e123293): 420 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St Clare's, Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-clares-oxford-e133430): 460 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St Edward's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edwards-school-e123292): 680 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Northern House Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/northern-house-academy-e147784): 810 m. Special. Outstanding (overall), June 2024
- [Dragon School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dragon-school-e123288): 870 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137970)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137970)

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