Wallingford School, Wallingford

In its own words: "Wallingford School is a school rooted at the heart of its local community serving the town and its surrounding villages."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, photography and cadets.

On phones, the school says: "Mobile Phones In line with the recent Government Guidance, our school is a “mobile phone-free environment by default.” This means that students do not have access to a mobile phone during lessons, the time between lessons, breaktimes and lunchtime."

In 2026, pupils at Wallingford School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.2 in Oxfordshire and 47 across England.

50% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Oxfordshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 53.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.31: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35, against 51.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 290 families put Wallingford School as their first choice and 518 named it as one of their preferences, for 226 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 71 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Wallingford School is one of 3 schools run by The Merchant Taylors' Oxfordshire Academy Trust Ltd, an academy trust.

Of the 238 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 28% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 138 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 44% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 36% into work. 30% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

12.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Wallingford (Cholsey & Wallingford Railway), about 1000 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wallingford School (inside), 70 metres away.

In 2024/25, Wallingford School issued 355 suspensions, 24.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wallingford School are Fir Tree Primary School (0.5 miles); St John's Primary School (0.6 miles); St Nicholas CofE Primary School , Wallingford (0.6 miles); and Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.