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Didcot Girls' School - 2026/27 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2026 (places allocated on 2nd March 2026) Admission Number : 270
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 483
First Preferences requested 287
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 256 offered (89.2%)
Second Preferences requested 96
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 14
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 7 offered (50%)
Third Preferences requested 63
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 13
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 6 offered (46.15%)
Fourth Preferences requested 37
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 2
Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) 1 offered (50%)
Policy
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
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 7
1. Looked-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 3
2. Children of a member of staff 7
3. Children who attend one of the Ridgeway Education Trust primary academies which falls within the Greater Didcot area 75
4. Children 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 48
5. Children 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 12
6. Children who attend one of the primary schools in the Didcot Area Partnership of schools 100
7. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area 7
8. All other children 11
Total 270
Last Place Offered
8. All other children 3.342 miles
Home to school distances measured using Straight Line Distance
Unsuccessful Applicants
Criterion Number of Places
8. All other children 46
Total not offered 46
Summary
Number of places available 0