The Kimberley School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 29 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
1360 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.5%
Girls
48.5%
First language not English
4.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.5%
Persistent absence
23.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.6%
Mixed 5.1%
Other White 1.3%
Chinese 1.3%
Other Asian 1%
African 0.9%
Caribbean 0.8%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 48.9
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.25
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE42
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE41
Design & TechnologyGCSE85
English LanguageGCSE225
English LiteratureGCSE224
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE70
FrenchGCSE14
GeographyGCSE152
Year 2023-2024

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
280
2nd preference
110
3rd preference
62
From another Local Authority
81
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
228
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
24
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 classes20.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
103
136
Year 8
238
133
105
Year 9
242
122
120
Year 10
235
107
128
Year 11
228
132
96
Year 12
91
61
30
Year 13
87
43
44
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
83.4%
85.6%
Further education
30.0%
38.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
39.0%
40.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
12.0%
4.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
4.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
69.3%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
29.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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