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Bruern Abbey School

Mixed · ages 7–17 · with sixth formOxfordshire, South East · Bicester OX26 1UYSchool website
Pupils on roll
214of 300 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
30
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Bruern Abbey School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French add up to 7% of the year group, and 0% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Oxfordshire and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBruern Abbey SchoolOxfordshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)26.346.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%37%41%
EBacc average point score2.014.144.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort20%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils31.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language16%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language2790%89%15%20%85%
Combined Science2170%65%10%9%81%
Geography1550%41%20%25%93%
3D Design1033%2%50%16%100%
History930%41%33%26%78%
Fine Art620%9%33%28%100%
Biology517%23%45%
Physics517%23%46%
Chemistry413%23%47%
French27%18%29%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management27
Computer Appreciation / Introduction13
Sports Studies4

Other secondary schools in Oxfordshire

Aureus School

Academy sponsor led · 531 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7

Bartholomew School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,390 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.0

Burford School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,452 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.4

Cheney School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,706 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.