Kings Langley School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 2024 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
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
139036
Address
Love Lane, WD4 9HN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1085 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
54.7%
Girls
45.3%
First language not English
5.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.9%
Persistent absence
25.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.3%
Mixed 8%
Other White 5.1%
Indian 2.2%
Pakistani 1.7%
African 1.5%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.8
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.35
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE44
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE23
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE81
English LanguageGCSE166
English LiteratureGCSE163
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kings Langley School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
184
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
182
2nd preference
151
3rd preference
150
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
143
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
184
93
91
Year 8
213
117
96
Year 9
183
100
83
Year 10
184
107
77
Year 11
187
106
81
Year 12
66
37
29
Year 13
68
34
34
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
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
74.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
20.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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