A-LEVEL performance at schools across Oxfordshire has been revealed after final results were released.

The Government published confirmed A-Level data today, covering the 2018 cohort, including league tables detailing how each sixth form in the county compared.

Although students were handed their own results in August, this is the first time schools' official overall performance has been finalised.

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Updated GCSE results were also published today, and Oxfordshire's league table largely matches the provisional data released in October.

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There are several measures for schools' A-Level performance, the main one being average points score (APS) per entry.

This is calculated by dividing the total number of points achieved by all students in the cohort - where each grade carries a different 'point' value - by the total number of grades gained by those students.

Of all 3,317 state-funded students who received A-Levels in Oxfordshire last year, the average point score was 30.93, exactly the same as last year, but down on the national average of 32.12.

A proportion of 78.9 per cent achieved two or more A-Levels, slightly above the national average, and 16.1 per cent achieved grades of AAB or better.

Best-performing schools at A-Level

Of mainstream state schools, the top in Oxfordshire for APS - according to the Government's Compare School Performance platform - were: 

  • The Cherwell School, Summertown: APS 36.82 (equivalent to grade B-), 258 students taking exams
  • John Mason School, Abingdon: 36.62 (equivalent to grade B-), 54 students taking exams
  • King Alfred's Academy, Wantage: 35.21 (equivalent to grade B-), 117 students taking exams
  • St Birinus School, Didcot: 34.81 (equivalent to grade C+), 52 students taking exams
  • Wallingford School: 34.65 (C+), 120 students taking exams
  • The Henry Box School, Witney: 33.6 (C+), 102 students taking exams
  • Didcot Girls' School: 33.11 (C+), 93 students taking exams
  • The Warriner School, Bloxham: 32.35 (C+), 91 students taking exams
  • Bartholomew School, Eynsham: 32.28 (C+), 114 students taking exams
  • The Marlborough CE School, Woodstock: 31.98 (C+), 85 students taking exams

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Worst-performing schools at A-Level

Of mainstream state schools, the bottom in Oxfordshire for APS are listed below, all of which gained an equivalent average of C- or worse.

Many had a small cohort of A-Level students as most students take alternative qualifications such as BTECs, which can skew the data.  

  • Bicester Technology Studio: 4.84 (equivalent to grade U), 15 students taking exams
  • The Oxford Academy: 16.63 (D-), 31 students taking exams
  • Carterton Community College: 19.55 (D), 27 students taking exams
  • The Bicester School: 20.70 (D), 73 students taking exams
  • St Gregory the Great Catholic School, Oxford: 22.86 (D+), 69 students taking exams
  • North Oxfordshire Academy, Banbury: 24.63 (D+), 43 students taking exams
  • UTC Oxfordshire, Didcot: 25.89 (C-), 21 students taking exams
  • Oxford Spires Academy: 26.68 (C-), 49 students taking exams
  • The Cooper School, Bicester: 26.93 (C-), 103 students taking exams
  • Larkmead School, Abingdon: 28.00 (C-), 48 students taking exams

The government's other key measure at A-Level is progress, which measures how much pupils have improved between the end of Key Stage 4 and the end of their A level studies.

Anything above 0 is an improvement.

In Oxfordshire, the only state school to gain a progress score classed as 'well above average' was St Birinus in Didcot, with 0.32.

Two Oxfordshire schools gained 'well below average' scores: Bicester Technology Studio with -1.08 and Carterton Community College with -0.73.

To view the full set of data or see how a particular school performed, click here.