The Kimberley School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 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
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
138641
Address
Newdigate Street, Kimberley, NG16 2NJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1384 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
3.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.3%
Persistent absence
17.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.8%
Mixed 5.4%
Other White 1.7%
Chinese 1.4%
African 1.2%
Other Asian 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Pakistani 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.9
Local authority average 46.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.41
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE67
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE25
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE89
English LanguageGCSE229
English LiteratureGCSE228
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE55
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Kimberley School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
237
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
250
2nd preference
122
3rd preference
72
From another Local Authority
74
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
228
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
27
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 classes20
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
263
125
138
Year 8
240
101
139
Year 9
237
134
103
Year 10
236
119
117
Year 11
229
105
124
Year 12
91
50
41
Year 13
88
57
31
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
33.0%
42.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
37.0%
36.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
7.0%
4.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
11.0%
4.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
57.0%
62.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
22.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
8.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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