Kingsdale Foundation School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 29 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southwark
Unique reference
136309
Address
Alleyn Park, Dulwich, SE21 8SQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2527 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
14.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.3%
Persistent absence
15.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 31.3%
Other White 20.3%
Mixed 19.3%
African 8.6%
Caribbean 6.5%
Other Black 3.4%
Unclassified 3%
Other 2.8%
Other Asian 1.3%
Chinese 1.1%
Pakistani 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 86%
Local authority average 70%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 67%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.5
Local authority average 51.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.48
Local authority average 4.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award38
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE68
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE22
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE162
Business Studies:SingleGCSE84
ChemistryGCSE162
ChineseGCSE2
Classical CivilisationGCSE26
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE194
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kingsdale Foundation School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
420
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
1027
2nd preference
657
3rd preference
584
From another Local Authority
2115
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
329
2nd preference
61
3rd preference
19
To another Local Authority
324
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
425
220
205
Year 8
444
232
212
Year 9
411
192
219
Year 10
417
217
200
Year 11
386
195
191
Year 12
234
106
128
Year 13
210
106
104
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
93.0%
86.5%
Further education
13.0%
21.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
78.0%
59.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
11.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
83.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
43.0%
34.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
41.0%
32.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020