Kingdown School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 2 2022 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
Wiltshire
Unique reference
137230
Address
Woodcock Road, BA12 9DR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1454 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
4.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.6%
Persistent absence
19.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.4%
Unclassified 9.6%
Other White 3%
Mixed 2.9%
Other Asian 1%
Other 1%
African 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Indian 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.3
Local authority average 46.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE88
Business Studies:SingleGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE88
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE61
English LanguageGCSE236
English LiteratureGCSE230
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kingdown School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
222
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
212
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
10
From another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
211
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
14
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
225
122
103
Year 8
259
130
129
Year 9
254
151
103
Year 10
243
132
111
Year 11
276
135
141
Year 12
109
52
57
Year 13
88
49
39
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
32.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
47.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
6.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
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%
65.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
23.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
22.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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