King's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 23 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Unique reference
139409
Address
Hangleton Way, BN3 8BN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
876 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
9.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.2%
Persistent absence
13.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 67.5%
Mixed 10%
Other White 7.1%
Other 5.1%
Unclassified 3.3%
Other Asian 2.1%
Other Black 1.5%
Indian 1.1%
African 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 51%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.3
Local authority average 47.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.86
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE54
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE165
English LiteratureGCSE164
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

King's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
159
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
235
2nd preference
223
3rd preference
201
From another Local Authority
34
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
77
104
Year 8
176
90
86
Year 9
176
81
95
Year 10
162
80
82
Year 11
165
91
74
Year 12
16
7
9
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
90.5%
85.6%
Further education
13.0%
18.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
20.0%
14.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
65.0%
57.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023