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Didcot Girls' School: data, trends and context

Didcot Girls' School is a secondary school in Oxfordshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
138490
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Region
South East
Trust
RIDGEWAY EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
OX11 7AJ
Gender intake
Girls
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,633
FSM eligible
12.0%
EAL / First language other than English
18.1%
SEND (total)
18.1%
SEN Support
15.4%
EHCP
2.8%
White British
69.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.5%
Overall absence
7.5%
Persistent absence
18.9%
Severe absence
2.8%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
OxfordshireLocal authority90.7%9.3%3.0%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
9.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
2.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
58.8
English & maths grade 5+
72.1%
English & maths grade 4+
87.4%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Didcot Girls' School is a secondary school in Oxfordshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.