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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Arabic | GCSE | 2 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 49 |
Biology | GCSE | 54 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 49 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 54 |
Chinese | GCSE | 3 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 20 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 20 |
English Language | GCSE | 165 |
English Literature | GCSE | 164 |
Admissions
King's School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 159
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 235
- 2nd preference
- 223
- 3rd preference
- 201
- From another Local Authority
- 34
Offers
- 1st preference
- 153
- 2nd preference
- 6
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 6
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.5 |
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 |
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% |