King's Academy Prospect

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 4 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Reading
Unique reference
136876
Address
Cockney Hill, Tilehurst, RG30 4EX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1217 (64% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
39%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.1%
Persistent absence
24.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 34.5%
Mixed 13.2%
Other White 10.7%
Pakistani 9.1%
Indian 6.5%
African 6.2%
Unclassified 5.6%
Other 5.3%
Other Asian 3.9%
Caribbean 2%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Other Black 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.71
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.8
Local authority average 50.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.83
Local authority average 4.52
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award8
TourismTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE12
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE60
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE171
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King's Academy Prospect

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
229
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
126
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
101
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
126
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
234
126
108
Year 8
192
102
90
Year 9
214
108
106
Year 10
218
128
90
Year 11
231
126
105
Year 12
90
38
52
Year 13
38
25
13
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
20.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
58.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
8.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
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
56.0%
80.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
50.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
46.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
6.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020