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Kingsmead School

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,121 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 35%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 38%38%2016/17: top 45%2017/18: top 36%2018/19: top 36%2021/22: top 52%2022/23: top 29%2023/24: top 28%28% · 2023/242024/25: top 35%No exams

A-level results

#329 of 438 London sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against London

Attainment 848.8 · London 50.15/10 Middle+14.6 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths46.6% · London 51.8%4/10 Below
EBacc point score4.5 · London 4.65/10 Middle+9.2 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.27 · London +0.325/10 Middle−9.8 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry31.33 · London 34.73/10 Below+18.3 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 51.9 · 227 pupils · London 522016/17: 46.9 · 216 pupils · London 49.32017/18: 48.4 · 226 pupils · London 492018/19: 48.7 · 228 pupils · London 49.52021/22: 48.1 · 233 pupils · London 52.82022/23: 50.5 · 243 pupils · London 50.552023/24: 50.5 · 247 pupils · London 50.62024/25: 48.8 · 247 pupils · London 50.1551.946.9No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 41% · 216 pupils · London 48%2017/18: 44% · 226 pupils · London 48%2018/19: 43% · 228 pupils · London 48%2021/22: 55% · 233 pupils · London 58%2022/23: 48% · 243 pupils · London 53.5%2023/24: 51% · 247 pupils · London 55.5%2024/25: 46.6% · 247 pupils · London 51.8%55%41%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 29.55 · 125 pupils · London 29.292016/17: 30.26 · 109 pupils · London 30.582017/18: 28.64 · 120 pupils · London 30.892018/19: 31.93 · 103 pupils · London 31.532021/22: 30.12 · 129 pupils · London 36.842022/23: 31.67 · 110 pupils · London 33.82023/24: 29.62 · 121 pupils · London 33.672024/25: 31.33 · 124 pupils · London 34.731.9328.64No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in91.8%
213 of 232 who put it first2014 · 77.7%2026 · 91.8%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st232213
2nd20034
3rd15721
Last distance offered
  • 2024/251.8 km
  • 2023/241.4 km
  • 2022/231.4 km
  • 2021/221.5 km
  • 2020/211.5 km
  • 2019/201.5 km

Inspections · 2007–2026

  • InclusionExpected
  • AchievementExpected
  • Curriculum and teachingExpected
  • Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
  • Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • Personal development and wellbeingExpected
  • Post-16 provisionExpected
  • SafeguardingNot met
  1. 2007Outstandingas predecessor
  2. 2013Good
  3. 2016Ungraded visit
  4. 2022Remains Good
  5. 2026Lowest Urgent improvement

4 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Apr 2026

Strengths

  • “Pupils' welfare has not been sufficiently managed because the required pre-employment checks and vetting of new staff do not meet statutory requirements.”
  • “Until recently, governors, trustees and leaders have taken too much information on trust.”
  • “They have not overseen key aspects of the school's work, including some aspects of safeguarding.”

To improve

  • “Governors and trustees must ensure that there is a robust process to oversee all policy and practice that keeps children safe in school.”
  • “Governors and trustees must strengthen systems to evaluate leaders' actions and make sure that these are having a meaningful and measurable impact.”
  • “Leaders should ensure that they accurately monitor and record the attendance of all pupils, including those being educated off site.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,484
Free school meals (past 6 years)40.1%
First language not English36.9%
SEN support5.9%
EHC plan2.4%
Absence (sessions missed)8.5%
Persistently absent pupils26.5%

Girls 47.7%Boys 52.3%

101% full · 1,470 places · 221 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.6
Pupils per adult12.8
  • Classroom teachers 91.6
  • Leadership 10
  • Teaching assistants 3
  • Other support 45.8

Teachers 101.6 FTE · Whole workforce 150.4 · 160 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,011
Spend per pupil£8,746
Staff spend per pupil£6,724
Reserve per pupil£983
  • +£1,480,000revenue reserve
  • +£399,000in-year balance

Grants £8,493 · self-generated £733 · premises £471 per pupil

Single-academy trust: KINGSMEAD SCHOOL

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

247 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained94.7%
  • Education93.1%
  • Apprenticeship1.2%
  • Employment0.4%
  • Not sustained3.2%
  • Unknown2%

After sixth form (16–18)

127 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained77.2%
  • Education57.5%
  • Higher education52.8%
  • Apprenticeship7.1%
  • Employment12.6%
  • Not sustained9.4%
  • Unknown13.4%