Didcot Girls' School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked-after children and children who were previously looked after, including those children who appear to have been in state care outside England but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted
2. 2Children of a member of staff
3. 3Children who attend one of the Ridgeway Education Trust primary academies which falls within the Greater Didcot area
4. 4Children who live in the designated (catchment) area and have a sibling on roll at a Ridgeway Education Trust secondary school at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry
5. 5Children who live outside the designated (catchment) area but have a sibling on roll at a Ridgeway Education Trust secondary school at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry
6. 6Children who attend one of the primary schools in the Didcot Area Partnership of schools
7. 7Children who live in the designated (catchment) area
8. 8All other children

Published by Oxfordshire County Council on the school's own admissions page (Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2026 (places allocated on 2nd March 2026)). The figure beside each rule is the number of places offered under it. The Governors or Trust decide the admissions criteria as shown below (in descending order of priority) together with the number of places offered under that criterion: Ridgeway Education Trust Academies in the Greater Didcot Area are: All Saints Church of England Primary School, Hagbourne Church of England Primary School, Long Wittenham (Church of England) Primary School, Stephen Freeman Primary School and Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary School Ridgeway Education Trust secondary schools are: Didcot Girls' School, Didcot Sixth Form and St Birinus School Schools in the Didcot Area Partnership of Schools are: All Saints Church of England Primary School, Aureus Primary School, Blewbury Church of England Primary School, Chilton County Primary School, Didcot Primary Academy, Hagbourne Church of England Primary School, Harwell Primary School, Ladygrove Park Primary School, Long Wittenham (Church of England) Primary School, Manor Primary School Northbourne Church of England Primary School, Sires Hill Primary Academy, South Moreton Primary School, Stephen Freeman Community Primary School and Willowcroft Community School Home-to-school distances measured using: Straight Line Distance. Last place offered under "8. All other children" at 3.342 miles. Unsuccessful applicants by criterion: 8. All other children = 46; Total not offered = 46.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.