Overall Oxbridge
#806
3 ranked schools · +108 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
29
Offers
9
Offer rate31.0%
+8.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
A railway town turned Science Vale hub, Didcot grew from a Great Western Main Line junction in 1844 into a South Oxfordshire settlement of around 32,000 people. The railway heritage runs deep.
Great Western Park draws families competing for primary places, and Ladygrove is among the most sought-after pockets for school catchments in the town. Harwell and East Hagbourne lie within the Science Vale corridor that takes in the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; Didcot Town Centre anchors the older settled quarter. Didcot Parkway links to Oxford in under fifteen minutes, placing families within reach of the city while retaining a distinct Oxfordshire character.
14
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4
Secondary
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1
Post-16
colleges
Area Performance
Across 21 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.57/10, +0.16 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Didcot schools
Didcot vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Didcot schools
top 44% of 14,978
top 44% of 14,978
top 43% of 3,862
top 43% of 3,862
top 47% of 2,555
top 47% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
3 ranked schools · +108 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
29
Offers
9
Oxford
3 ranked schools · +62 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
23
Offers
8
Cambridge
1 ranked schools · -806 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
6
Offers
1
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