WHO WE ARE
Results
& Destinations
Results that Reflect Opportunity
At Oxford High School GDST, academic excellence is part of our DNA. Building on a long heritage of intellectual rigour, we create an environment where curiosity is nurtured, ideas are challenged, and ambition is encouraged.
Our students achieve outstanding results thanks to the stretch, challenge and breadth of opportunities available to them. From inspiring teaching to enrichment programmes and space to explore their passions, every girl is supported to aim high and think boldly.
We’re proud that our students go on to secure places at leading universities in the UK and around the world. But more than that, we’re proud to help each one reach her chosen destination with confidence, clarity and purpose.
2025 A Level Overview
2025 GCSE Overview
Sixth Form students at Oxford High School consistently achieve top grades at A Level and leave us to take up places at top universities within the UK and abroad.
In 2025, 93% of students secured places at Russell Group universities or leading institutions for art, music or the performing arts.
Data from Oxford and Cambridge Universities shows that Oxford High School has a consistently strong record of Oxbridge success. Across 2022–24, 13% of our Sixth Form pupils have progressed to Oxbridge which is above the typical rates seen locally, where the average figure is around 4% for independent schools and between 1 and 2% for other schools.
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University of Bath | University of Birmingham | University of Bristol | University of Cambridge | University of Central Lancashire | Central School of Visual & Performing Arts | Durham University | University of Edinburgh | University of Exeter | University of Glasgow | Imperial College London | King’s College London | London School of Economics and Political Science | University of Liverpool | University of Manchester | University of Nottingham | Nottingham Trent University | University of Oxford | Queen Mary University of London | University College London |University of Sheffield | University of Sussex | University of Warwick | University of York | Sciences Po (France) | New York University (USA)
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Accounting and Finance | Acting | Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering with an Industrial Placement Year | Anthropology | Architecture with professional placement | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Science | Chemistry | Chemistry with a Year in Industry | Classical Archaeology and Ancient History | Cognitive Science (Humanities) | Digital Media and Communications | Economics and Management | Economics and Sociology | Economics, Finance and Data Science | English | English Law and French Law/Master 1 (Matrise) | English Literature | Fashion | Flexible Combined Honours with Study Abroad | French and Spanish | General Engineering | Geography | Geography/Politics (SocSci) | International Social and Public Policy | Law | Liberal Arts | Mathematics | Medical Biosciences | Medicine | Medicine (6 years) | Modern Languages and Cultures (with Year Abroad) | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience and Psychology | Pharmacology | Physics | Physics with Astronomy | Politics | Politics and International Relations | Politics with Economics with professional placement or study abroad | Psychology | Psychology and Criminology with Professional Year Placement | Psychology with Placement Year
Consistently exceptional
At Oxford High School, excellence isn’t a one-off, it’s built year on year.
Consistently outstanding results reflect the ambition, support, and opportunities our girls receive every year.
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- Almost two-thirds of the results were A* – A.
- 89% results were A*- B.
- Over a fifth of pupils achieved 2 or more A*s, with 15% pupils achieving 3 or more A*s, significantly above the 2% national average for 2025.
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- 59% of all GCSEs were Grade 9, with 81% at Grade 8–9 and 94% at Grade 7 or above.
- 40% of students achieved eight or more grade 9’s each.
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- An impressive 31% of pupil results were A* grades.
- Two thirds of pupils (63%) celebrated achieving A*- A results.
- 87% of Oxford High School GDST A Levels were graded A*- B.
- 15 pupils celebrated receiving at least 3 A*s with four pupils achieving an outstanding 4 A*s.
- 1 in 6 (17%) students have successfully secured places at Oxford or Cambridge with subjects ranging from Medicine, Natural Sciences, English, Classics, History and Modern Languages.
- Our Oxford High School GDST medicine careers programme continues to support our aspiring medics successfully with 10% of the cohort (8 students) successfully securing places to study Medicine.
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- 52% of GCSEs awarded were Grade 9s.
- 73% of GCSEs awarded Grade 8s and 9s.
- 87% of GCSEs awarded were Grade 7s, 8s and 9s.
- 38% (over 1 in 3) of pupils achieved 8 or more Grade 9s.
- 18% pupils achieved straight 9s / A*.
- 17 pupils achieved an impressive ten or more Grade 9s / A*.
