Our Lady’s Abingdon School
Browse news, features and events from Our Lady’s Abingdon School (OLA) – an independent day school in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Our Lady’s Abingdon is a Catholic independent day school for students aged 7 to 18 with a fun and innovative learning experience in a happy and friendly community. With under 400 pupils in total, the school offers small class sizes and a very high teacher to pupil ratio.
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A-levels 2024: Our Lady’s Abingdon students achieve more than double A* grades over last year’s results
The percentage of A* grades increased from 7% to 16%, higher than pre-Covid results. A fantastic 88% of EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) students achieved A* – A, and two-thirds of all students achieved a top grade (A*, A, B) in at least one of their subjects.
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OLA Pupils achieve top grades in excellent 2023 GCSE performance
Our Lady’s Abingdon (OLA) is celebrating another strong year of GCSE results, with an outstanding 95% of results graded 9-4, 48% graded 9-7 and 46% achieving at least one grade 9 in 2023.
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Almost half of A-level students at Our Lady’s Abingdon achieved one grade A or above
Almost half of all students achieved at least one A-Level at grade A or above, with 80% securing their first choice of university.
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OLA 6th form students win UK Space Design Competition 2023
Five 6th form students at Our Lady’s Abingdon were in the winning group at the National Finals of the UK Space Design Competition (UKSDC) 2023. The strongest team players will be selected to take part in the World Finals at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
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Our Lady’s Abingdon appoints Daniel Gibbons as next head
He is currently Deputy Headteacher at Downside School in Somerset, a co-educational Catholic independent boarding and day school for children aged up to 18 years.
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Our Lady’s Abingdon offers exam-free entry for 2021 and 2022 pupil intake
The school has taken the decision to adapt its admissions approach to ensure that no child is disadvantaged in applying due to a loss of education time.