Secondary school

King's Academy Binfield

  • Free School
  • ages 3–19
  • Mixed
  • Bracknell Forest
  • RG42 4FS
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,147 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 35%

Top % in England, by year
2022/23: top 24%24%2023/24: top 42%2024/25: top 35%

A-level results

#301 of 394 South East 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 South East

Attainment 848.6 · South East 467/10 Above
Grade 5+ English and maths48.6% · South East 44.8%6/10 Middle
EBacc point score4.53 · South East 4.037/10 Above
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.02 · South East +0.016/10 Middle
A level points per entry29.47 · South East 33.473/10 Below
Show exam results by year
Attainment 8
2022/23: 51.6 · 119 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 47.3 · 149 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 48.6 · 177 pupils · South East 4651.647.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
2022/23: 55% · 119 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 48.3% · 149 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 48.6% · 177 pupils · South East 44.8%55%48.3%
A level points per entry
2024/25: 29.47 · 66 pupils · South East 33.4729.47

Getting in · 2026

Reception

First-choice families who got in78%
60 of 77 who put it first2019 · 61.7%2026 · 77.9%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st7760
2nd720
3rd300

Year 7

First-choice families who got in83.4%
141 of 169 who put it first2019 · 79.6%2026 · 83.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st169141
2nd18419
3rd1084

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2022

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,500
Free school meals (past 6 years)11.1%
First language not English11.2%
SEN support10.9%
EHC plan5.1%
Absence (sessions missed)6.1%
Persistently absent pupils15.2%

Girls 47.4%Boys 52.6%

81.1% full · 1,850 places · 134 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.8
Pupils per adult10.7
  • Classroom teachers 84.2
  • Leadership 4.9
  • Teaching assistants 32.4
  • Other support 31.9

Teachers 89.1 FTE · Whole workforce 153.5 · 168 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,985
Spend per pupil£7,205
Staff spend per pupil£5,651
Reserve per pupil£1,631
  • +£2,354,000revenue reserve
  • +£1,126,000in-year balance

Grants £7,464 · self-generated £267 · premises £448 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: KING'S GROUP ACADEMIES (15 academies) · trust reserve £7,003,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

149 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91.9%
  • Education87.2%
  • Apprenticeship2.7%
  • Employment2%
  • Not sustained6.7%
  • Unknown1.3%