Burford School is a secondary academy in Burford, United Kingdom with 1,452 pupils, part of Burford School. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Estates Manager (Facilities Manager) (closes 11 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Matthew Albrighton, Headteacher
Trust or group
Burford School
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,452 pupils · 51% girls · 12.2% eligible for free school meals · 3.0% with English as an additional language · 80 boarders DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
180 (12.4%) on SEN support · 34 (2.3%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Title: Estates Manager Responsible to: Head of Operations Responsible for: The management, maintenance and statutory compliance of the Burford School estate, including the day…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
50.7
48.6%
2024/25
52.4
59.6%
2023/24
49.3
48.8%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
10 October 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
70.3
20.7
–
0
£50,738
2024/25
83.0
17.4
26%
1
£48,121
2023/24
81.8
17.9
7%
2
£48,691
2022/23
79.7
18.7
13%
2
£42,937
2021/22
79.2
18.6
14%
0
£42,615
2020/21
78.0
18.5
5%
0
£41,989
Earlier years (2012/13 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
77.3
18.2
8%
0
£40,428
2018/19
79.4
17.4
15%
0
£39,021
2017/18
72.7
18.2
11%
0
£40,199
2016/17
70.2
16.7
4%
0
£39,801
2015/16
74.1
15.4
7%
0
£38,408
2014/15
75.1
15.2
16%
0
£39,007
2013/14
73.9
15.5
12%
0
£38,811
2012/13
74.6
15.6
12%
0
£36,845
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
7.7%
1.1%
19.8%
2.5%
2024/25
7.7%
1.1%
18.6%
2.9%
2023/24
9.2%
1.9%
26.9%
3.0%
2022/23
8.6%
1.2%
25.1%
1.8%
2021/22
8.9%
1.0%
27.1%
2.1%
2020/21
3.5%
0.7%
7.2%
0.3%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.5%
0.4%
10.1%
0.4%
2017/18
5.2%
0.4%
12.3%
0.6%
2016/17
4.5%
0.5%
10.4%
0.4%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
2 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 1 teaching, 1 support. Most often advertised: Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Level 3, Teaching Assistant. Last advertised September 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.