Cirencester Kingshill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
May 7 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
137217
Address
Kingshill Lane, GL7 1HS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
806 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
18%
Persistent absence
19.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.3%
Other White 3.6%
Mixed 3.5%
Other Asian 1.1%
African 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 31%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.1
Local authority average 50.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.18
Local authority average 4.39
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award31
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award5
Sports StudiesTechnical Award39
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)10
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE36
ChemistryGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE154
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Cirencester Kingshill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
174
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
159
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
23
From another Local Authority
46
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
31
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
152
72
80
Year 8
151
81
70
Year 9
158
72
86
Year 10
188
100
88
Year 11
157
79
78
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
84.1%
85.5%
Further education
15.0%
25.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
16.0%
47.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
52.0%
11.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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