Bartholomew School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 15 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Unique reference
137919
Address
Witney Road, Eynsham, OX29 4AP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1346 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
10.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.2%
Persistent absence
23.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.1%
Mixed 7.5%
Other White 5.7%
Chinese 2.3%
Other Asian 2%
African 1.5%
Pakistani 1.3%
Other 1.2%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Irish 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.52
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 63%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.8
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.82
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award7
MultimediaTechnical Award45
Art & DesignGCSE50
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE71
Business Studies:SingleGCSE87
ChemistryGCSE71
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE60
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bartholomew School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
208
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
245
2nd preference
194
3rd preference
110
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
199
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
215
99
116
Year 8
216
111
105
Year 9
212
104
108
Year 10
214
132
82
Year 11
206
106
100
Year 12
148
73
75
Year 13
135
71
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
86.0%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
30.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
65.0%
49.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
58.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
39.0%
16.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
40.0%
15.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020