The King's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 27 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Devon
Unique reference
136673
Address
Cadhay Lane, EX11 1RA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1109 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
2.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.5%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.6%
Other White 3.3%
Mixed 2.1%
Other 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
African 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.31
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 61%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.7
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.56
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE78
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE78
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE51
DanceGCSE8
English LanguageGCSE177
English LiteratureGCSE169
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The King's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
158
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
193
2nd preference
153
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
154
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
81
99
Year 8
180
98
82
Year 9
182
96
86
Year 10
176
90
86
Year 11
173
86
87
Year 12
111
50
61
Year 13
107
49
58
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
57.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
51.0%
24.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
5.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
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
72.0%
54.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
17.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
34.0%
18.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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