St Birinus School
Mereland Road, Didcot, OX11 8AZ
1,237 pupils · 87% of 1,428 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- RIDGEWAY EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.5%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 February 2025, published 17 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 50.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 70.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 43.3% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.83 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 235 | 196 | 341 | 231 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 234 | 210 | 317 | 230 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 230 | 282 | 417 | 230 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 262 | 245 | 350 | 259 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 231 | 227 | 335 | 231 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 177 | 177 | 262 | 177 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 177 | 166 | 255 | 174 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 177 | 150 | 234 | 167 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Didcot Girls' School 1 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Aureus School 2.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- UTC Oxfordshire 2.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Wallingford School 7.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- John Mason School 9 km · Some aspects not as strong (2024)
- Larkmead School 9.3 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.