Kingswood Secondary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 2019 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
North Northamptonshire
Unique reference
139957
Address
Gainsborough Road, NN18 9NS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1232 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
23.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.6%
Persistent absence
32.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.5%
Other White 16.8%
Mixed 4.7%
Unclassified 3.7%
African 3.6%
Other 2.1%
Other Black 1.1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.1
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.48
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award13
Art & DesignTechnical Award34
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award22
Speech & DramaTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE7
BiologyGCSE3
ChemistryGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE202
English LiteratureGCSE199
FrenchGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kingswood Secondary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
214
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
141
2nd preference
76
3rd preference
94
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
18
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
214
112
102
Year 8
270
137
133
Year 9
214
110
104
Year 10
211
114
97
Year 11
205
95
110
Year 12
63
31
32
Year 13
55
21
34
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
83.7%
86.5%
Further education
50.0%
38.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
32.0%
44.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
6.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
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
75.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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